Euphaedra harpalyce
Euphaedra harpalyce, the common blue-banded forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Gabon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, riparian forests and secondary forests.
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male E. p. palyce both in Kakum National park, Ghana | |
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Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit.
The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Paullinia pinnata, Blighia sapida, Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Blighia unijugata and Allophylus species.
Subspecies
- E. h. harpalyce (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- E. h. dowsetti Hecq, 1990 (Rwanda)
- E. h. evanescens Hecq, 1995 (Nigeria: Mambilla Plateau)
- E. h. serena Talbot, 1928 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
- E. h. spatiosa (Mabille, 1876) (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- E. h. sudanensis Talbot, 1929 (southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
- E. h. vana Hecq, 1991 (Bioko)
Gallery
- E. h. spatiosa
- E. h. spatiosa
- male E. p. palyce
Kakum National park, Ghana
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References
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- "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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