Euphaedra eusemoides, the western mimic forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini Description
E. eusemoides Sm. & Kirby (42 a). Forewing above without hindmarginal spot, the median band consisting of only two separated spots (in the cell and in cellule 2); the marginal band of the hindwing on both surfaces unspotted; the cell of the forewing beneath red at the base, both with 3 black dots; hindwing beneath spotted with light yellow in the middle (in cellules 4 and 5). Congo. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. Biology The habitat consists of wet forests.
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. They mimic day-flying Agaristinae and Lasiocampidae moths. Taxonomy It is the nominal member of the Euphaedra eusemoides species group.
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