Euphaedra castanea

Euphaedra castanea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. castanea
Binomial name
Euphaedra castanea
Berger, 1981[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra preussi f. castanea Rothschild, 1918

Euphaedra castanea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba and Shaba).[2]

Described as Euphaedra preussi form castanea form. nov.

Male: All green areas above are replaced by rufous chestnut, saturated and suffused with purple-blue, tornal area of hindwing and a submarginal row of spots blue. On forewing, there are 3 black spots in cell above.

Habitat: Kongour Forest, Manyema, Congo Free State (R. Grauer), 1 male.[3]

Raised to species by Berger. [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. ^ Rothschild,W. 1918 Some Apparently New Forms of African Nymphalidae Novitates Zoologicae 25 : 338-345
  4. ^ von A Berger, Lucien, 1981 Les Papillons du Zaire Verlag: Weissenbruch,Bruxelles, 543pp., 213 pls. 1981


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