Euphaedra eusemoides

Euphaedra eusemoides, the western mimic forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.^[2]

Euphaedra eusemoides
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. eusemoides
Binomial name
Euphaedra eusemoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby 1889)[1]
Synonyms
Euryphene eusemoides Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889 Euphaedra (Radia) eusemoides Euphaedra eusemioides var. coeruleopunctata Gaede, 1916

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

E. eusemoides Sm. & Kirby (42 a). Forewing above without hindmarginal spot, the median band consisting of only two separated spots (in the cell and in cellule 2); the marginal band of the hindwing on both surfaces unspotted; the cell of the forewing beneath red at the base, both with 3 black dots; hindwing beneath spotted with light yellow in the middle (in cellules 4 and 5). Congo. ^[3]

Biology

The habitat consists of wet forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. They mimic day-flying Agaristinae and Lasiocampidae moths.

Taxonomy

It is the nominal member of the Euphaedra eusemoides species group.