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Euphaedra afzelii

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Euphaedra afzelii
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. afzelii
Binomial name
Euphaedra afzelii
(Felder & Felder, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romalaeosoma afzelii Felder & Felder, 1867
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) afzelii

Euphaedra afzelii, the green Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Similar species

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Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group q.v. - ab. afzelii Fldr. (43 b) Hindwing beneath without white median band; the subapical band of the fore wing in the male green, beneath light green and indistinct, in the female greenish or white; the under surface with bright green ground-colour, only at the inner margin of the hindwing somewhat yellowish; fringes black. The male fully corresponds to the form vetusta of themis. Sierra Leone.

References

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