''Euphaedra hewitsoni'', or Hewitson's pink forester, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
,
Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Uganda.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]
/ref> The habitat consists of wet forests.
Subspecies
*''E. h. hewitsoni'' (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
*''E. h. angusta'' Hecq, 1974 (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
*''E. h. bipuncta'' Hecq, 1974 (southern Central African Republic, western and central Democratic Republic of Congo)
*''E. h. disclara'' Hecq, 1991 (Bioko)
*''E. h. sumptuosa'' Hecq, 1974 (southern Nigeria, western Cameroon)
References
Butterflies described in 1974
hewitsoni
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