Euphaedra medon

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euphaedra

Similar Euphaedra ceres, Euphaedra harpalyce, Bebearia sophus, Euphaedra gausape, Euphaedra perseis

Euphaedra medon, the widespread forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation.

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Paullinia pinnata, Phialodiscus zambesiacus and Allophylus species

Subspecies

E. m. medon (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)

E. m. abouna Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)

E. m. celestis Hecq, 1986 (Gabon, Congo, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

E. m. innotata Holland, 1920 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania: Kigoma and Mpanda)

E. m. fernanda Hecq, 1981 (Bioko)

E. m. fraudata van Someren, 1935 (Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya)

E. m. inaequabilis Thurau, 1904 (Uganda, western Kenya)

E. m. neustetteri Niepelt, 1915 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)

E. m. pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)

E. m. sanctanna Hecq, 1985 (Gabon)

E. m. viridinota (Butler, 1871) (Gabon)

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