Euphaedra gausape

Euphaedra gausape, the western striped forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Euphaedra gausape
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euphaedra
Species:
E. gausape
Binomial name
Euphaedra gausape
(Butler, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romaleosoma gausape Butler, 1866
  • Euphaedra (Gausapia) gausape
  • Euphaedra gausape f. similis Hecq, 2004

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

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


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