Euphaedra paradoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. paradoxa
Binomial name
Euphaedra paradoxa
Neave, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) paradoxa
  • Euphaedra difficilis Rothschild, 1918
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. preussoides van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. rufescens van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. vansomereni van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. comixta van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. featheri van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra eleus zukumaensis Stoneham, 1956

Euphaedra paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya (from the south-western part of the country to the shores of Lake Victoria), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Description

E. paradoxa Neave. Forewing above glossy greenish black with narrow dirty white subapical band and red-brown hindmarginal spot; hindwing above dull red-brown with narrow black marginal band, with greenish reflection, and light green submarginal spots. Under surface light olive-green; forewing with white subapical band; distal part of the hindwing lighter green with indistinct greenish submarginal spots. Uganda.

Similar species

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

References


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