Euphaedra eleus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Euphaedra
Species
Euphaedra eleus
Scientific Name
Euphaedra eleus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Euphaedra eleus

Euphaedra eleus, the Eleus orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary forests and secondary forests with a closed canopy.

Adults mimic the day-flying moth Scopula helcita.

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia, Allophylus and Paullinia species.

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Euphaedra eleus in languages:

English
Eleus Orange Forester

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