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Euphaedra francina

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Euphaedra francina
Euphaedra francina depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
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E. francina
Binomial name
Euphaedra francina
(Godart, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis francina Godart, 1824
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) francina
  • Romaleosoma sophron Doubleday, 1848
  • Euphaedra franzina ab. latefasciata Neustetter, 1916

Euphaedra francina, the Magnificent Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of primary wet forests.

Subspecies

  • Euphaedra francina francina (Sierra Leone, Liberia)
  • Euphaedra francina exuberans Collins & Larsen, 2005 (Ivory Coast, western Ghana)

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