Euphaedra orientalis, the orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique (from the northern coast to Beira) and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euphaedra |
Species: | E. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Euphaedra orientalis Rothschild, 1898[1]
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Adults are attracted by fermenting bananas and ripe wild figs on the forest floor.
The larvae possibly feed on Blighia unijugata and Phoenix reclinata.
Similar species
editOther 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