Euphaedra phaethusa

Euphaedra phaethusa, the Common ceres forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and possibly Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.

Euphaedra phaethusa
Both E. p. phaethusa male, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. phaethusa
Binomial name
Euphaedra phaethusa (Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
Romaleosoma phaethusa Butler, 1866 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) phaethusa Euphaedra artynta Möschler, 1887 Euphaedra vespasia Möschler, 1887 Euphaedra adelica Bartel, 1905 Euphaedra inanum f. ceroides Hecq, 1979 Euphaedra ceroides Hecq, 1983 Euphaedra scrupulosa Hecq, 1997 Euphaedra ceroides aurea Hecq, 1983 Euphaedra ceres ab. aurea Neustetter, 1927

The larvae feed on Blighia sapida.

Subspecies

• Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria). There is also a form ceroides.
• Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, western Liberia)

• 
  female E. p. phaetusa, Ghana
• 
  male E. p. ceroides, Ghana
• 
  male E. p. ceroides, Ghana

Similar species

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