Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides Hecq, 1979

Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Warren-Gash, Haydon, Lorenc-Brudecka, Jadwiga, Dieuwko Knoop,, Oremans, Philippe & Safian, Szabolcs, 2013, Taxonomy and distribution pattern of the African rain forest butterfly genus Euphaedra Huebner sensu stricto with the description of three new subspecies of Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer) and one of E. sarcoptera (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae, Adoliadini), ZooKeys 298, pp. 1-37 : 22-24

Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides Hecq, 1979 Figs 6A, 6B

Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides [sic] Hecq, 1979: 31.

Type-locality.

Ketta Forest, Ouesso, Moyen Congo

Material examined.

Holotype ♂: Ketta Forest (Ouesso), A.E.F. Moyen Congo, T. H. E. Jackon, VII.1959; 2 ♂: same data as the holotype, MRAC; 1 ♂: S Cameroon, Mintom, II.2009, P. A., ABRI.

Diagnosis.

Upperside ground colour black and apple green.

Redescription.

Male ( Figs 6A, 6B ): Head, thorax and abdomen same as in the nominate subspecies. Wings: FW (length 38-39 mm, n=2) with an elongated apical part, and gently convex outer margin; most of wing surface black almost completely outcasting a black mid-discal cell black patch; apple green area from wing base to three-fourth of anal margin, marginally entering the base of Cu2-1A and discal cell; a large, elongated apple green subapical patch a shade lighter, extending widely from subcosta costa to vein Cu1, with the basal limit marked by an incision along vein M3, and a diffused outer limit, not reaching outer margin; fringes grey and black. HWD oval, compressed towards tornus, with a gently scalloped outer margin; apple green grey except for the grey costal and black submarginal area gradually narrowing from roughly 4 mm at apex to cell Cu1-Cu2; fringes grey and black. FWV apple green, with a golden overcast in subapical area where forming a diffused patch; basal to mid-cell area pink; a series of black patches, a rounded postbasal spot, a wide mid cell bar, a similar bar along discal cell distal margin, four rectangular and one elongated patch in postdiscal area, a streak in basal area of cell Cu1-Cu2, and a series of submarginal patches, five smaller from costa to cell M3-Cu1 and two larger, roughly oval, in Cu1-Cu2 and Cu2-1-2A. HWV golden yellow dusted with apple green in median area, with an elongated basal pink patch extending from costal margin to Rs to one-third costa, edged with black; six or seven median spots, four of which in discal cell, the one along costal margin considerably larger than the remainder, and a row of eight large, roughly oval black submarginal patches; marginal area dark green and black. Male genitalia: not examined.

Female: Not examined

Range.

This subspecies was described from Ouesso in Congo, and apart from the holotype there are only a couple of other specimens known. Hecq (1979) mentions it from RCD and Cameroon. We could confirm its presence in SE Cameroon based on a specimen in ABRI. The reports from RDC might well refer to the next subspecies.

Figures

Figure 6. Adults, males: A Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides holotype (dorsum) B Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides holotype (venter) C Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum Mbandaka, Congo (dorsum) D Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum Mbandaka, Congo (venter) E E. sarcoptera sarcoptera-styx cline, Mount Swa, Liberia (dorsum) F E. sarcoptera sarcoptera-styx cline, Mount Swa, Liberia (venter).