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''Euphaedra inanum'', the unmarked Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
, Sierra Leone,
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
and Ghana.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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Description

''E. inanum'' Btlr. (42 d; 44 c). Both wings beneath without black discal and submarginal spots, but with 2 or 3 black dots in the cell of the forewing and 1 or 2 in that of the hindwing; hindwing beneath in both sexes with sharply defined white median band, sometimes broken up into spots, extending from the costal margin to vein 3 or 4; hindwing often with bluish or green submarginal spots on both surfaces; subapical band of the forewing above light yellowish (male) or nearly white (female), beneath white; the bluish hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the forewing narrow. Sierra Leone to Angola. 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.


Biology

The habitat consists of dense forests. Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. The larvae feed on '' Sorindeia warneckei''.


Similar species

Other members of the ''
Euphaedra ceres ''Euphaedra ceres'', the Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo The R ...
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References

Butterflies described in 1873 inanum Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Limenitidinae-stub