Euphaedra karschi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1905. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini 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. 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.
It is a rare species.Milan Zúbrik, Philippe Oremans, Tomasz W. Pyrcz New records of Euphaedra species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Central African Republic Polish Journal of Entomology 91(4): 161–167 (2022) DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.0695
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.
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