Euriphene incerta
| Euriphene incerta | |
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| Euriphene incerta depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euriphene |
| Species: | E. incerta |
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| Euriphene incerta (Aurivillius, 1912)[1] | |
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Euriphene incerta, the Uncertain Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
The larvae feed on Uapaca species.
Subspecies
- Euriphene incerta incerta (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Equateur, Tshuapa, Tshopo, Uele, Ituri)
- Euriphene incerta biokensis Hecq, 1994 (Bioko)
- Euriphene incerta theodota (Hulstaert, 1924) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: south to Lomami, Lualaba and Sankuru)
References
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- ↑ Euriphene, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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