Euphaedra ruspina

Species of butterfly

Euphaedra ruspina

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Euphaedra
Species:  |

E. ruspina

Binomial name
Euphaedra ruspina

(Hewitson, 1865)[1]

Synonyms

* Romalaeosoma ruspina Hewitson, 1865
* Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) ruspina

Euphaedra ruspina, or the common orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults mimic day-flying moths, including Aletis helcita, Phaegorista similis, Heraclia poggei, Weymeria athenae and Oethrodea papilionaris.

## Similar species[edit]

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

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euphaedra ruspina.

Wikispecies has information related to Euphaedra ruspina.

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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5410260
* Wikispecies: Euphaedra ruspina
* BioLib: 1089944
* CoL: 3CM6F
* EoL: 164019
* GBIF: 1896413
* iNaturalist: 425435
* IRMNG: 10273250
* LepIndex: 162967
* NCBI: 2974329

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