''Euphaedra crockeri'', or Crocker's forester, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found in Guinea,

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

, Liberia, Ivory Coast and

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
/ref> The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Description

Very close to '' Euphaedra xypete'' qv.

Subspecies

*''Euphaedra crockeri crockeri'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana) *''Euphaedra crockeri umbratilis'' Hecq, 1987 (Ivory Coast)

References

Butterflies described in 1869 crockeri Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Limenitidinae-stub