Euphaedra sarcoptera

Euphaedra sarcoptera, the large true forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

It is thought to be a co-mimic of Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri.

The larvae feed on Dennetia tripetala.

Subspecies

• E. s. sarcoptera (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
• E. s. cyparissoides Hecq, 1979 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• E. s. ferrea Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mount Nimba)
• E. s. nipponicorum (Carcasson, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Tanzania)
• E. s. styx Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003 (Ivory Coast)

Gallery

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  E. s. sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. s. sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. s. ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. s. ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. s. styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. s. styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. s. cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. s. nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. s. nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b)

References

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