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Post by fliesuk1 on Feb 28, 2016 14:10:31 GMT -8
I have a few Euphaedra species that I am having difficulty in identifying, as I have limited books on this group and find them somewhat confusing. Any help most welcome. Regards Dave First picture of the 3 species shows both the top and underside to help ID them. All 3 are from Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Top 2 females, bottom specimen a male I believe).  Second picture of the 2 species shows both the top and underside to help ID them. The top specimen (female) is from Bangen, SW Cameroon. The bottom specimen (female?) is from Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  |
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Post by hypanartia on Mar 5, 2016 10:32:51 GMT -8
With an intermediate to low level of confidence I will say E. eleus (the three ones at the top), and at the bottom picture, E. ceres at the top and E.janetta at the bottom.
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Post by cabintom on Mar 5, 2016 11:17:03 GMT -8
In terms of the top three, I'm fairly confident you have 3 females of 3 different species. The key to identifying many/most Euphaedra is largely the shape of the subapical band. I believe: The top is E. eleus (sub-apical band is straight on the outer edge, also veins are obviously black, and there are no black spots in the FW cell). The middle is E. simplex (the sub-apical band is noticeably wider in space 4 than in 5 & 6) The bottom is E. hybrida (the shape of the sub-apical band in this species is fairly distinct) Here is a male E. hybrida: I have had much less personal experience with species from the groups to which the last 2 belong , so I don't want to say anything definitive. EDIT: Although I believe Hypanartia's suggestion that the bottom specimen is E. janetta is close, I'm not aware that the range of that species extends that far east in the DRC. At any rate, that specimen to me, would seem to be a male. |
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Post by fliesuk1 on Mar 14, 2016 15:27:10 GMT -8
Thank you both for your thoughts on the ID of these Euphaedra. I have also had information from a few collectors outside of this forum, who are keen Euphaedra collectors.
It looks like the ID is probably as follows:
Pic of 3:
E. eleus female
E. rattrayi bwambensis female
E. hybrida female
Pic of 2:
E. demeter female (though ravola also suggested to me).
E. janetta male (contacted seller as mislabled, actually from Ghana, which I understand is more likely as range does not extend to eastern DRC).
So various opinions on some, agreement on others. As I said I am no expert and happy to be persuaded otherwise.
Regards
Dave
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