Euphaedra laboureana

Euphaedra laboureana, the brownish Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2]

Euphaedra laboureana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euphaedra
Species:
E. laboureana
Binomial name
Euphaedra laboureana
de Toulgëot, 1957[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra themis laboureana
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) laboureana
  • Euphaedra eburnensis Hecq, 1979
  • Euphaedra eburnensis bernaudi Hecq, 1996

The larvae feed on Deinbollia pinnata.

Subspecies
  • Euphaedra laboureana laboureana (eastern Guinea, northern Sierra Leone)
  • Euphaedra laboureana bernaudi Hecq, 1996 (Cameroon)
  • Euphaedra laboureana eburnensis Hecq, 1979 (north-eastern Guinea, southern Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, 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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