Euphaedra Cyparissa

''Euphaedra cyparissa'', the true forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
/ref> The habitat consists of drier forests and open wet forests or the edges of wet forests.

The length of the forewings is 31–33 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The upperside colour is black and apple green with a delicate yellow sheen, somewhat more prominent on the hindwing median area.

Description in Seitz

''E. cyparissa'' is distinguished by the black discal spots and the large black submarginal spots on both wings beneath and by having the submarginal spots on the underside of the forewing placed in an irregularly curved line, the spots in cellules 3 and 4 being much nearer to the distal margin; the discal spot in cellule 2 on the forewing beneath is transversely placed and stands before the middle of the cellule. As in the other species the hindwing is green above with broad black marginal band and the forewing at the hindmargin also green at least as far as the cell; the underside of the hindwing is more or less extended gold-yellow or orange-yellow in the middle. - ''cyparissa'' Cr. The forewing above with green subapical band, beneath not red at the base. Sierra Leone and Congo. ab.''aurata'' Carpent.- The forewing above with yellow subapical band, beneath not red at the base. Niger and Cameroons.
Aurivillius, .O.. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. ''Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde'' Band 13: Abt. 2, ''Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter'', 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

*''E. c. cyparissa'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast)
*''E. c. aurantina'' Pyrcz & Oremans, 2013 (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
*''E. c. aurata'' Carpenter, 1895 (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
*''E. c. nimbina'' Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mont Nimba, Fouta Djalon range)
*''E. c. nominalina'' Pyrcz & Knoop, 2013 (eastern Cameroon, Central African Republic)
*''E. c. tai'' Hecq, 1986 (Ivory Coast: Tai National Park)

Gallery

Image:Euphaedra cyparissa cyparissa male dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG, ''E. c. cyparissa'' male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa cyparissa female dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG, ''E. c. cyparissa'' female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa nimbina male dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG, ''E. c. nimbina'' male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa nimbina female dorsal (c); ventral (d).JPG, ''E. c. nimbina'' female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa tai male dorsal (e); ventral (f).JPG, ''E. c. tai'' male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa tai female dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG, ''E. c. tai'' female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa aurantina male dorsal (a); ventral (b).JPG, ''E. c. aurantina'' male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa aurantina female dorsal (e); ventral (f).JPG, ''E. c. aurantina'' female dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa aurata male dorsal (c); ventral (d).JPG, ''E. c. aurata'' male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra_cyparissa_aurata_female_dorsal_(c);_ventral_(d).JPG, ''E. c. aurata'' female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Image:Euphaedra cyparissa nominalina male dorsal (e); ventral (f).JPG, ''E. c. nominalina'' male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Image:Euphaedra_cyparissa_nominalina_female_dorsal_(e);_ventral_(f).JPG, ''E. c. nominalina'' female dorsal (e); ventral (f)

References

Butterflies described in 1775
cyparissa
Taxa named by Pieter Cramer

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