Euphaedra ruspina
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Euphaedra ruspina, or the common orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults mimic day-flying moths, including Aletis helcita, Phaegorista similis, Heraclia poggei, and .
Similar species[]
Other members of the Euphaedra eleus species group q.v.
References[]
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- ^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1865
- Euphaedra
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Limenitidinae stubs