Euphaedra paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya (from the south-western part of the country to the shores of Lake Victoria), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini The habitat consists of forests. Description

E. paradoxa Neave. Forewing above glossy greenish black with narrow dirty white subapical band and red-brown hindmarginal spot; hindwing above dull red-brown with narrow black marginal band, with greenish reflection, and light green submarginal spots. Under surface light olive-green; forewing with white subapical band; distal part of the hindwing lighter green with indistinct greenish submarginal spots. Uganda.

Similar species Other members of the Euphaedra preussi species group q.v.

References

External links Specimen images Auckland Museum