Euphaedra aureola

Euphaedra aureola, the long-banded Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Euphaedra aureola
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. aureola
Binomial name
Euphaedra aureola Kirby, 1889[1]
Synonyms
Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) aureola Euphaedra auriger Staudinger, 1891 Euphaedra auriger ab. janettoides Strand, 1914 Euphaedra auriger ab. griseoviridis Schultze, 1920

Description

ab. aureola Kirby (43 c, d) of themis is also near to janetta, but the red spot at the base of the under surface is not violet-red but brick-red.^[3]

Biology

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Octolobus species.

Subspecies

• Euphaedra aureola aureola (Cameroon, Congo)
• Euphaedra aureola nitens Hecq, 1997 (southern Nigeria)

Similar species

Other members of themis species group q.v.