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Euphaedra coprates

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Euphaedra coprates
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. coprates
Binomial name
Euphaedra coprates
(H. Druce, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romaleosoma coprates H. Druce, 1875
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) coprates
  • Euphaedra eleus ab. moderata Neustetter, 1916
  • Euphaedra eleus eleus f. congoensis Schmidt, 1921
  • Euphaedra eleus f. angustimarginata Schmidt, 1921

Euphaedra coprates is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1875. It is found in the Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kongo Central province).[2]

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus and Allophylus species.

Similar species

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

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (June 18, 2018). "Euphaedra coprates (Druce, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini