Euphaedra rattrayi

Euphaedra rattrayi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2]

Euphaedra rattrayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. rattrayi
Binomial name
Euphaedra rattrayi Sharpe, 1904[1]
Synonyms
Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) rattrayi Euphaedra eleus f. bwambaensis Stoneham, 1956 Euphaedra eleus f. nigroextensa Stoneham, 1932 Euphaedra eleus f. coeruleomaculata Stoneham, 1932 Euphaedra eleus f. orientis Stoneham, 1932 Euphaedra eleus f. rufobrunneus Stoneham, 1932 Euphaedra eleus f. subreducta Stoneham, 1956 Euphaedra eleus f. coerulefacies Stoneham, 1956

Subspecies

• Euphaedra rattrayi rattrayi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda: west to the Ruwenzori massif)
• Euphaedra rattrayi coeruleomaculata Hecq, 1991 (Kenya: west to the Kakamega district)

Original description

Euphaedra rattrayi Sp. n.

Allied to E. zampa, Westw., but distinguished by the chestnut patch near the base of the fore wing.

Male. Fore wing: Ground colour rather darker green than in E. zampa, With an oblique band near the apical area creamy white, broader than in the above-named species; near the base a deep chestnut-red patch, with a suffusion of the same colour extending between the nervules towards the hind margin. Hind wing with the central area reddish brown, deeper in colour on the subcostal nervules; hind margin bluish green, relieved by internervular white spots suffused with blue. Under side: General colour of both wings yellowish buff, tinged with green ; the white bands and spots similar to those of zampa, with the three whitish spots rather more strongly indicated than in the latter species. Expanse, 2:7 in.

Female. Scarcely different from that of E. zampa, the oblique apical band being somewhat broader, the white spot near the posterior angle indicated by a faint bluish line. Under side somewhat more dingy in colour, the apical area having a greenish tint; all the other white spots and markings strongly pronounced, especially those at the end of the cell of the hind wing. The dark outlines of the white spots on the hind margin less strongly indicated. Expanse, 3:4 in. Hab. Toro; November—December, 1900 (H. B. Rattray).^[3]

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra eleus species group q.v.