Euriphene gambiae

Euriphene gambiae
Euriphene gambiae depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. gambiae
Binomial name
Euriphene gambiae
Feisthamel, 1850[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphena gambiae Feisthamel, 1850
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) gambiae
  • Diestogina gambiae f. deformata Neustetter, 1916

Euriphene gambiae, the Gambia Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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References

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