title: Euphaedra karschi
text: # Euphaedra karschi
  
  Euphaedra karschi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1905. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  
  ## Description
  
  E. karschi Bartel, like xypete, has a white apical spot on the forewing and the greater part of the hindwing beneath red; the subapical band of the forewing is whitish, very narrow (about as in preussi) and sharply defined; it consists of 3 small anterior spots and a large one, placed more distally, in cellule 3. On the underside of the fore wing the subapical band is white and proximally only narrowly bordered with black; the under surface of the hindwing coloured and marked almost exactly as in the typical xypete. Probably only a form of the latter. North-West Cameroons.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Euphaedra karschi karschi (Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  * Euphaedra karschi sankuruensis Hecq, 1980 (central and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name honours Ferdinand Karsch.
  
  