Euryphura concordia

Euryphura concordia
Euryphura concordia depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euryphura
Species: E. concordia
Binomial name
Euryphura concordia
(Hopffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Harma concordia Hopffer, 1855
  • Euryphura (Crenidomimas) concordia
  • Crenis crawshayi Butler, 1894

Euryphura concordia, the Speckled Lilac Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of Congo (Ituri, Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba), eastern Angola, northern Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit. They are on wing from August to October and in February, April and May.

The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis.

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