Euphaedra janetta

Euphaedra janetta, the Janetta Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Euphaedra janetta
female E. j. janetta, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. janetta
Binomial name
Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
Romaleosoma janetta Butler, 1871 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) janetta Euphaedra themis ab. reducta Bartel, 1905 Euphaedra themis var. janettina Gaede, 1916 Euphaedra janetta var. viridis Schultze, 1920 Euphaedra janetta f. or Hecq, 1987 Euphaedra janetta var. insularis Schultze, 1920 Euphaedra campaspe f. campaspoides Hecq, 1982

Description

ab. janetta Btlr. The forewing above without red at the base; its subapical band on both surfaces gold-yellow or yellowish; both wings beneath violet-red at the base. Ashanti to Cameroons.^[3]

Biology

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

• E. j. janetta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• E. j. campaspoides Hecq, 1985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
• E. j. insularis Schultze, 1920 (Bioko)
• E. j. remota Hecq, 1991 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Central African Republic)

Similar species

Other members of themis species group q.v.