Euphaedra sarcoptera
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| image = Euphaedra sarcoptera styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f).JPG
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| taxon = Euphaedra sarcoptera
| 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
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- Romaleosoma sarcoptera Butler, 1871
- Euphaedra (Euphaedra) sarcoptera
- Najas sarcoptera nipponicorum Carcasson, 1965
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Euphaedra sarcoptera, the large true forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]
Description
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E. sarcoptera Btlr. has like aurata a broad yellow subapical band on the upperside of the forewing, but differs from both the other forms [of Euphaedra cyparissa] in the presence of a bright red spot at the base of the forewing beneath; this spot is placed in the cell and reaches about to its middle. Ashanti and Dahomey.
Biology
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
- E. s. sarcoptera (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
- E. s. cyparissoides Hecq, 1979 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- E. s. ferrea Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mount Nimba)
- E. s. nipponicorum (Carcasson, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Tanzania)
- E. s. styx Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003 (Ivory Coast)
Gallery
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG|E. s. sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG|E. s. sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d).JPG|E. s. ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d).JPG|E. s. ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f).JPG|E. s. styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f).JPG|E. s. styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG|E. s. cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d).JPG|E. s. nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG|E. s. nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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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