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Euphaedra medon (Linné, 1763)

Subspecies

  • [Euphaedra] medon medon (LinnĂ©, 1763)
    - janassa (Linnaeus, 1764)
    - agnes (Butler, 1866)

  • [Euphaedra] medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840)
    - albula (Thurau, 1904)

Adult morphologyWingspan34
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1046
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)409
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Sapindaceae
    - Allophylus
    - Deinbollia
    - Paullinia
    - Phialodiscus

  • Sapindaceae
    - Allophylus
    - Deinbollia
    - Paullinia
    - Phialodiscus

Records

All subspecies
subspecies medon
subspecies pholus

1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011