Euptera crowleyi

Euptera crowleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptera
Species: E. crowleyi
Binomial name
Euptera crowleyi
(Kirby, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra crowleyi Kirby, 1889
  • Euptera sirene Staudinger, 1891
  • Euptera innupta St Leger, 1969

Euptera crowleyi, Crowley’s Euptera, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and wet forests.

The larvae feed on Pachystela brevipes and Englerophytum oubangensis.

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References

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