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Euphaedra

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Euphaedra is a butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. The species are confined to the Afrotropical realm mainly in the Guinean Forests of West Africa and the Congolian forests.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded11,759

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
151
With media
16
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, FMNH
Recorded in
Cameroon, Dr Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Adoliadini
Image
Euphaedra (Xypetana) xypete MHNT ventre.jpg
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Commons category
Euphaedra
taxon name
Euphaedra
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Euphaedra
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Biology
  • Taxonomy
  • Species groups
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

Euphaedra is a butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. The species are confined to the Afrotropical realm mainly in the Guinean Forests of West Africa and the Congolian forests.

==Description==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Euphaedra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.