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Species of butterfly
Euphaedra janetta
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Euphaedra janetta janetta, Ghana
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Nymphalidae
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Genus:
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Euphaedra
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Species:
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E. janetta
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Binomial name
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Euphaedra janetta
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Synonyms
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- Romaleosoma janetta Butler, 1871
- Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) janetta
- Euphaedra themis ab. reducta Bartel, 1905
- Euphaedra themis var. janettina Gaede, 1916
- Euphaedra janetta var. viridis Schultze, 1920
- Euphaedra janetta f. or Hecq, 1987
- Euphaedra janetta var. insularis Schultze, 1920
- Euphaedra campaspe f. campaspoides Hecq, 1982
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Euphaedra janetta, the Janetta Themis forester, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Guinea,
Sierra Leone,
Liberia,
Ivory Coast,
Ghana,
Togo,
Benin,
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea, the
Central African Republic and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.
Subspecies
- E. j. janetta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- E. j. campaspoides Hecq, 1985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
- E. j. insularis Schultze, 1920 (Bioko)
- E. j. remota Hecq, 1991 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Central African Republic)
Similar species
Other members of
themis species group q.v.
References