Euphaedra illustris

Euphaedra illustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. illustris
Binomial name
Euphaedra illustris
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra preussi illustris Talbot, 1927
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) illustris

Euphaedra illustris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).[3] It was described as a subspecies of Euphaedra preussi later raised to a species by Carcasson.[4] It is known only from the type locality “Katanga, Lengi”.There are no details of its biology.

References

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  1. ^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Talbot,G. 1927 New forms of Nymphalidae from Katanga, Belg. Congo Rev. Zool. Afr. 15 : 267-270
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  4. ^ Ackery P. R., Smith C. R., and Vane-Wright R. I., eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies - An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. Canberra: CSIRO. A collated edited and amplified version of Carcasson's manuscripts


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