Euphaedra edwardsii

Euphaedra edwardsii
Euphaedra edwardsii depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. edwardsii
Binomial name
Euphaedra edwardsii (van der Hoeven, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
Nymphalis (Aterica) edwardsii van der Hoeven, 1845 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) edwardsii Romaleosoma pratinas Doubleday, 1848 Euphaedra edwardsi viridis Suffert, 1904 Euphaedra edwardsi ab. clarus Aurivillius, 1912 Euphaedra edwardsi clarus d’Abrera, 1980

Euphaedra edwardsii, Edwards’ Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.^[2] It is found in a wide variety of habitats, from wet forests to almost open country.

The larvae feed on Lecaniodiscus cupanioides.

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