Euphaedra medon

Euphaedra medon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species: E. medon
Binomial name
Euphaedra medon
(Linnaeus, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio medon Linnaeus, 1763
  • Euphaedra (Medoniana) medon
  • Papilio janassa Linnaeus, 1764
  • Romalaeosoma agnes Butler, 1866
  • Euphaedra medon ab. fernanda Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Euphaedra medon var. innotata Holland, 1920
  • Romaleosoma viridinota Butler, 1871
  • Euphaedra medon ab. fraudata Thurau, 1904
  • Euphaedra medon neustetteri f. interpreta Niepelt, 1915
  • Euphaedra medon var. aequata Gaede, 1916
  • Euphaedra medon innotata ab. hollandi Dufrane, 1945
  • Euphaedra medon innotata ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1945
  • Euphaedra medon innotata ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945
  • Euphaedra peculiaris Lathy, 1906
  • Euphaedra medon var. albula Thurau, 1904

Euphaedra medon, the Widespread Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation.

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Paullinia pinnata, Phialodiscus zambesiacus and Allophylus species

Subspecies

References

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