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
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  • 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)

Similar species

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

References

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