Euphaedra paradoxa

Euphaedra paradoxa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. paradoxa
Binomial name
	Euphaedra paradoxa; Neave, 1904
Synonyms
	Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) paradoxa; Euphaedra difficilis Rothschild, 1918; Euphaedra paradoxa f. preussoides van Someren, 1935; Euphaedra paradoxa f. rufescens van Someren, 1935; Euphaedra paradoxa f. vansomereni van Someren, 1935; Euphaedra paradoxa f. comixta van Someren, 1935; Euphaedra paradoxa f. featheri van Someren, 1935; Euphaedra eleus zukumaensis Stoneham, 1956;

Euphaedra paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya (from the south-western part of the country to the shores of Lake Victoria), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Description

E. paradoxa Neave. Forewing above glossy greenish black with narrow dirty white subapical band and red-brown hindmarginal spot; hindwing above dull red-brown with narrow black marginal band, with greenish reflection, and light green submarginal spots. Under surface light olive-green; forewing with white subapical band; distal part of the hindwing lighter green with indistinct greenish submarginal spots. Uganda.

Similar species

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

References

^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

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[funet-1] "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

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