Euphaedra medon

Euphaedra medon
Male
Female both E. m. medon Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. medon
Binomial name
Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
Papilio medon Linnaeus, 1763 Euphaedra (Medoniana) medon Papilio janassa Linnaeus, 1764 Romalaeosoma agnes Butler, 1866 Euphaedra medon ab. fernanda Fruhstorfer, 1903 Euphaedra medon var. innotata Holland, 1920 Romaleosoma viridinota Butler, 1871 Euphaedra medon ab. fraudata Thurau, 1904 Euphaedra medon neustetteri f. interpreta Niepelt, 1915 Euphaedra medon var. aequata Gaede, 1916 Euphaedra medon innotata ab. hollandi Dufrane, 1945 Euphaedra medon innotata ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1945 Euphaedra medon innotata ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945 Euphaedra peculiaris Lathy, 1906 Euphaedra medon var. albula Thurau, 1904

Euphaedra medon, the widespread forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation.

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Paullinia pinnata, Phialodiscus zambesiacus and Allophylus species

Subspecies

• E. m. medon (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)
• E. m. abouna Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)
• E. m. celestis Hecq, 1986 (Gabon, Congo, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• E. m. innotata Holland, 1920 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania: Kigoma and Mpanda)
• E. m. fernanda Hecq, 1981 (Bioko)
• E. m. fraudata van Someren, 1935 (Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya)
• E. m. inaequabilis Thurau, 1904 (Uganda, western Kenya)
• E. m. neustetteri Niepelt, 1915 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
• E. m. pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
• E. m. sanctanna Hecq, 1985 (Gabon)
• E. m. viridinota (Butler, 1871) (Gabon)