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Euphaedra eleus

Synonyms: Euphaedra moderata

Wikipedia Abstract

Euphaedra eleus, the Eleus Orange Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary forests and secondary forests with a closed canopy. Adults mimic the day-flying moth Scopula helcita. The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia, Allophylus and Paullinia species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Blighia unijugata (Triangle Tops)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0