Euphaedra perseis

Euphaedra perseis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. perseis
Binomial name
Euphaedra perseis (Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio perseis Drury, 1773 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) perseis Euphaedra perseis ab. pseudeleus Hall, 1935

Euphaedra perseis, the Perseis Mimic Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea (Conakry), Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and western Ghana.^[2] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

The habitat consists of wet forests. Adults mimic a day-flying moth of the Xanthospilopteryx genus. They are attracted to fallen fruit.

Euphaedra perseis and related species in Seitz Fauna Africana

Description

Upper side: antennae black. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with white. Anterior wings black, the tips edged with white; two pale lemon-coloured spots are situated in the centre of the wings, one being long, the other round; between which and the tips is a long lemon streak, extending from the anterior almost to the external edges; a large patch of a dull red is also placed on the hinder part of the wings, extending along the posterior edges from the shoulders almost to the lower corners. Posterior wings dull red-coloured, bordered with black, whereon are seven small white spots placed along the external edges, and reaching from the upper to the abdominal corners. All the wings are dentated.

Under side: palpi yellow. Breast white. Legs brown. Thighs white. Anterior wings marked as on the upper side, but the colours are much duller. Posterior wings dirty red, bordered with black, whereon are eight white spots, larger than those on the upper side; the colours of the whole being much duller and fainter than on that side. Wing-span 3¼ inches (82 mm).^[3]

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