Euriphene glaucopis

Euriphene glaucopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. glaucopis
Binomial name
Euriphene glaucopis
(Gaede, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna glaucopis Gaede, 1916
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) glaucopis

Euriphene glaucopis, the Cobalt Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

This species has a wingspan of 43mm and the holotype was collected in Ikelemba at the Sangha River in Neukamerun.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Euriphene, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. ↑ (in German) Gaede, M. 1916. Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 9:109


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