Euphaedra medon

Euphaedra medon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. medon
Binomial name
Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio medon Linnaeus, 1763 Euphaedra (Medoniana) medon Papilio janassa Linnaeus, 1764 Romalaeosoma agnes Butler, 1866 Euphaedra medon ab. fernanda Fruhstorfer, 1903 Euphaedra medon var. innotata Holland, 1920 Romaleosoma viridinota Butler, 1871 Euphaedra medon ab. fraudata Thurau, 1904 Euphaedra medon neustetteri f. interpreta Niepelt, 1915 Euphaedra medon var. aequata Gaede, 1916 Euphaedra medon innotata ab. hollandi Dufrane, 1945 Euphaedra medon innotata ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1945 Euphaedra medon innotata ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945 Euphaedra peculiaris Lathy, 1906 Euphaedra medon var. albula Thurau, 1904

Euphaedra medon, the Widespread Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation.

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Paullinia pinnata, Phialodiscus zambesiacus and Allophylus species

Subspecies

• Euphaedra medon medon (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Euphaedra medon abouna Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)
• Euphaedra medon celestis Hecq, 1986 (Gabon, Congo, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Euphaedra medon innotata Holland, 1920 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania: Kigoma and Mpanda)
• Euphaedra medon fernanda Hecq, 1981 (Bioko)
• Euphaedra medon fraudata van Someren, 1935 (Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya)
• Euphaedra medon inaequabilis Thurau, 1904 (Uganda, western Kenya)
• Euphaedra medon neustetteri Niepelt, 1915 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
• Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
• Euphaedra medon sanctanna Hecq, 1985 (Gabon)
• Euphaedra medon viridinota (Butler, 1871) (Gabon)

References

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