Euphaedra orientalis

Euphaedra orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. orientalis
Binomial name
	Euphaedra orientalis; Rothschild, 1898
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.

References

^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

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[funet-1] "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

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