Euphaedra sarcoptera

Euphaedra sarcoptera, the Large True Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

It is thought to be a co-mimic of Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri.

The larvae feed on Dennetia tripetala.

Subspecies

• Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
• Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides Hecq, 1979 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mount Nimba)
• Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum (Carcasson, 1965) (Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Tanzania)
• Euphaedra sarcoptera styx Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003 (Ivory Coast)

Gallery

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d)

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  Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b)

References

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