Euphaedra cyparissa

Euphaedra cyparissa, the true forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and open wet forests or the edges of wet forests.

Euphaedra cyparissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. cyparissa
Binomial name
Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio cyparissa Cramer, 1775 Euphaedra (Euphaedra) cyparissa Papilio cato Fabricius, 1787 Euphaedra cyparissa var. aurata Carpenter, 1895 Euphaedra cyparissa aureola Rothschild, 1918

The length of the forewings is 31–33 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The upperside colour is black and apple green with a delicate yellow sheen, somewhat more prominent on the hindwing median area.[3]

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

• E. c. cyparissa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast)
• E. c. aurantina Pyrcz & Oremans, 2013 (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• E. c. aurata Carpenter, 1895 (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• E. c. nimbina Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mont Nimba, Fouta Djalon range)
• E. c. nominalina Pyrcz & Knoop, 2013 (eastern Cameroon, Central African Republic)
• E. c. tai Hecq, 1986 (Ivory Coast: Tai National Park)

Gallery

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  E. c. cyparissa male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. c. cyparissa female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. c. nimbina male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. c. nimbina female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. c. tai male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. c. tai female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. c. aurantina male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. c. aurantina female dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. c. aurata male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. c. aurata female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. c. nominalina male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. c. nominalina female dorsal (e); ventral (f)

References

1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
3. Taxonomy and distribution pattern of the African rain forest butterfly genus Euphaedra Hübner sensu stricto with the description of three new subspecies of Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer) and one of E. sarcoptera (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae, Adoliadini)