Euphaedra ceres

Euphaedra ceres
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. ceres
Binomial name
Euphaedra ceres (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio ceres Fabricius, 1775 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) ceres Papilio lucille Cramer, 1777 Papilio lucullus Herbst, 1792 Romalaeosoma zeuxis Westwood, 1850 Euphaedra × schultzei Neustetter, 1927 (hybrid of E. ceres and E. themis) Euphaedra ceres ab. abluta Schultze, 1920

Euphaedra ceres, the Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of dry and wet forests, degraded habitats and suburban gardens.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Deinbollia pinnata.

Subspecies

• Euphaedra ceres ceres (Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin)
• Euphaedra ceres electra Hecq, 1983 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
• Euphaedra ceres lutescens Hecq, 1979 (Nigeria)

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