Euphaedra judith

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

Euphaedra judith
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. judith
Binomial name
Euphaedra judith
Weymer, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra (Gausapia) judith

Description

E. judith Weym. has in the male a triangular green subapical band and a small green hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the forewing and in the female a greenish yellow subapical band and a long yellowish green hindmarginal spot on the forewing. Sierra Leone and Congo[3]

References

  1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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