Euriphene amicia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euriphene |
Species: | E. amicia
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Binomial name | |
Euriphene amicia | |
Synonyms | |
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Euriphene amicia, the friendly nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Napoleonaea vogelii. They are gregarious.
Subspecies
[edit]- Euriphene amicia amicia (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Euriphene amicia gola Fox, 1965 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)
References
[edit]- ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini