Euphaedra medon
Euphaedra medon, the widespread forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation.
The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Paullinia pinnata, Phialodiscus zambesiacus and Allophylus speciesSubspecies
- E. m. medon
- E. m. abouna Ungemach, 1932
- E. m. celestis Hecq, 1986
- E. m. innotata Holland, 1920
- E. m. fernanda Hecq, 1981
- E. m. fraudata van Someren, 1935
- E. m. inaequabilis Thurau, 1904
- E. m. neustetteri Niepelt, 1915
- E. m. pholus
- E. m. sanctanna Hecq, 1985
- E. m. viridinota
