| Euphaedra castanoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euphaedra |
| Species: | E. castanoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphaedra castanoides Hecq, 1985
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Euphaedra castanoides, or the chestnut orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae possibly feed on Sapindaceae species.
Subspecies
- Euphaedra castanoides castanoides (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Tanzania)
- Euphaedra castanoides deficiens Hecq, 1997 (Ethiopia)
- Euphaedra castanoides gashaka Hecq, 1996 (Nigeria: Mambilla Plateau)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euphaedra castanoides.
Wikispecies has information related to Euphaedra castanoides.
- ^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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