Euphaedra phaethusa

Euphaedra phaethusa
	Both E. p. phaethusa; male, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. phaethusa
Binomial name
	Euphaedra phaethusa; (Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
	Romaleosoma phaethusa Butler, 1866; Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) phaethusa; Euphaedra artynta Möschler, 1887; Euphaedra vespasia Möschler, 1887; Euphaedra adelica Bartel, 1905; Euphaedra inanum f. ceroides Hecq, 1979; Euphaedra ceroides Hecq, 1983; Euphaedra scrupulosa Hecq, 1997; Euphaedra ceroides aurea Hecq, 1983; Euphaedra ceres ab. aurea Neustetter, 1927;

Euphaedra phaethusa, the Common ceres forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and possibly Nigeria.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Blighia sapida.

Subspecies[edit]

Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria). There is also a form ceroides.
Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, western Liberia)