Euphaedra janetta

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euphaedra
Similar Euphaedra, Euphaedra themis, Burara amara, Euphaedra edwardsii, Euphaedra harpalyce

Euphaedra janetta, the Janetta Themis forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

E. j. janetta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)

E. j. campaspoides Hecq, 1985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)

E. j. insularis Schultze, 1920 (Bioko)

E. j. remota Hecq, 1991 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Central African Republic)

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