Euphaedra Species

These large and beautiful butterflies are confined to Africa, mainly in the western forests. There are about 180 species but there is more intraspecies variation than interspecies variation , they also hybridise and are polymorphic, so there may be fewer species than thought.

The green species are found in forests , whilst the yellow species and forms are found in drier regions with less dense forest.

The females tend to be larger than the males.

Euphaedra acuta

euphadra acuta butterfly

Euphaedra acuta (Male)

w 70mm

m a1 £ 7.50

euphadra acuta verso butterfly

Euphaedra acuta verso

euphadra acuta female butterfly

Euphaedra acuta (Female)

w 80mm

F A1 £ 9.00

euphadra acuta verso female butterfly

Euphaedra acuta female-verso

Euphaedra crockeri

euphaedra crockeri


WS 60mm

M A1 £6.50

euphaedra crockeri verso

verso


Euphaedra eleus

euphaedra eleus


M A1 £4.50

F A1 £ 5.25

euphaedra eleus verso



Euphaedra Hebes

euphaedra hebes

WS M 60mm

M A1 £7.40

F A1 £8.40

Hebes and xypete are very similar , but hebes is a little larger .The white band on the forewing is also a little broader than on xypete

euphaedra hebes verso



Euphaedra ignota

euphaedra ignota

The Ghana ceres forester

WS 80mm

M A1 £ 7.50

F A1 £ 9.0

euphaedra ignota verso

verso


Euphaedra imitans

euphaedra imitans

Equatorial mimic forester (Male)


Tanzania

ws 50mm

m a1 £4-sold out

f a1 £6

euphaedra imitans verso

verso

euphaedra imitans female

Equatorial mimic forester (Female)

Tanzania

ws 60mm

f a1 £6

euphaedra imitans female verso

verso

Euphaedra janetta

euphaedra janetta


M A1 £8.50

F A1 £10

euphaedra janetta verso



Euphaedra medon

Euphaedra medon (Male)or widespread forester butterfly comes from Cameroon and is a green background with yellow bars on forewing

Widespread forester (Male)

Cameroon

m a1 £4

F A1 £7.50

Euphaedra medon or widespread forester butterfly, underwing (verso) is pale green with black spots

verso

euphaedra medon female

Widespread forester (Female)

F A1 £7.50

euphaedra medon female verso


Euphaedra perseis

euphaedra perseis


M A1 £9.50

F A1 £12

euphaedra perseis verso

verso


Euphaedra preussi

euphaedra preussi


M A1 £4.50

F A1 £5.0

euphaedra preussi verso



Euphaedra ruspina

euphaedra ruspina

Common orange forester

WS 70mm

M A1 £4

F A1 £5.50

euphaedra ruspina verso

verso


Euphaedra xypete

euphaedra xypete

Common pink forester

Ghana

WS F 80mm

M A1 £7

F A1 £ 8

euphaedra xypete verso

verso