Euphaedra janetta
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| image = Janetta forester (Euphaedra janetta) underside Ankasa.jpg
| image_caption = Euphaedra janetta janetta, Ghana
| taxon = Euphaedra janetta
| authority = (Butler, 1871)[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/euphaedra/ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| synonyms =
- Romaleosoma janetta Butler, 1871
- Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) janetta
- Euphaedra themis ab. reducta Bartel, 1905
- Euphaedra themis var. janettina Gaede, 1916
- Euphaedra janetta var. viridis Schultze, 1920
- Euphaedra janetta f. or Hecq, 1987
- Euphaedra janetta var. insularis Schultze, 1920
- Euphaedra campaspe f. campaspoides Hecq, 1982
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Euphaedra janetta, the Janetta Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini] The habitat consists of forests.
Description
ab. janetta Btlr. The forewing above without red at the base; its subapical band on both surfaces gold-yellow or yellowish; both wings beneath violet-red at the base. Ashanti to Cameroons.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.{{PD-notice}}
Biology
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.
Subspecies
- E. j. janetta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- E. j. campaspoides Hecq, 1985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
- E. j. insularis Schultze, 1920 (Bioko)
- E. j. remota Hecq, 1991 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Central African Republic)
Similar species
Other members of themis species group q.v.
References
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Category:Butterflies described in 1871
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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