Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euphaedra | |
Similar Euphaedra cyparissa, Euphaedra gausape, Euphaedra phaethusa, Euphaedra perseis, Euphaedra ceres | ||
Euphaedra sarcoptera, the large true forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland forests.
It is thought to be a co-mimic of Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri.
The larvae feed on Dennetia tripetala.
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Euphaedra sarcoptera Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA