Euphaedra gausape

Euphaedra gausape
Euphaedra gausape depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species: E. gausape
Binomial name
Euphaedra gausape
(Butler, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romaleosoma gausape Butler, 1866
  • Euphaedra (Gausapia) gausape
  • Euphaedra gausape f. similis Hecq, 2004

Euphaedra gausape, the Western Striped Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on fallen fruit.

References

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