Euphaedra francina

Euphaedra francina, the magnificent forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of primary wet forests.

Euphaedra francina
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euphaedra
Species:
E. francina
Binomial name
Euphaedra francina
(Godart, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis francina Godart, 1824
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) francina
  • Romaleosoma sophron Doubleday, 1848
  • Euphaedra franzina ab. latefasciata Neustetter, 1916

Subspecies
  • Euphaedra francina francina (Sierra Leone, Liberia)
  • Euphaedra francina exuberans Collins & Larsen, 2005 (Ivory Coast, western Ghana)

References
  1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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