Euphaedra illustris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini It was described as a subspecies of Euphaedra preussi later raised to a species by Carcasson.Ackery P. R., Smith C. R., and Vane-Wright R. I., eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies - An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. Canberra: CSIRO. A collated edited and amplified version of Carcasson's manuscripts It is known only from the type locality “Katanga, Lengi”.There are no details of its biology.
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