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Euphaedra campaspe

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Euphaedra campaspe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. campaspe
Binomial name
Euphaedra campaspe
(Felder & Felder, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romalaeosoma campaspe Felder & Felder, 1867
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) campaspe

Euphaedra campaspe is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Description

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ab. campaspe Fldr. The subapical band of the forewing beneath distinct and white, above in the male green, in the female white; the discal spots of the under surface black and distinct; on the upper surface the hindmarginal spot of the forewing and the basal part of the hindwing are dark green in the male, light green to greenish white in the female; the forewing above without red, but beneath red in the basal half of the cell. Gaboon, Congo, Angola.[3]


Subspecies

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  • Euphaedra campaspe campaspe (Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Euphaedra campaspe permixtoides Hecq, 1986 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Similar species

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Other members of themis species group q.v.

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
  3. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.