Euphaedra Sinuosa
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''Euphaedra sinuosa'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
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 the
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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Subspecies

*''Euphaedra sinuosa sinuosa'' (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele and northern Kivu) *''Euphaedra sinuosa plagiaria'' Hecq, 1980 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tshopo) *''Euphaedra sinuosa smitsi'' Hecq, 1991 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kasai)


References

Butterflies described in 1974 sinuosa Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Butterflies of Africa {{Limenitidinae-stub