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Euphaedra orientalis

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Euphaedra orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. orientalis
Binomial name
Euphaedra orientalis
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra eleus orientalis Rothschild, 1898
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) orientalis
  • Euphaedra eleus nguruensis Stoneham, 1956

Euphaedra orientalis, the orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique (from the northern coast to Beira) and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Adults are attracted by fermenting bananas and ripe wild figs on the forest floor.

The larvae possibly feed on Blighia unijugata and Phoenix reclinata.

Similar species

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Other members of the Euphaedra eleus 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