Euriphene saphirina
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euriphene |
| Species: | E. saphirina
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| Euriphene saphirina | |
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Euriphene saphirina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Trichocladus ellipticus.
Subspecies[edit]
- E. s. saphirina (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Cataractes)
- E. s. itanii (Carcasson, 1964) (Tanzania: eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)
- E. s. memoria Hecq, 1994 (Tanzania)
- E. s. trioculata (Talbot, 1927) (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola)
References[edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to Euriphene saphirina.
- ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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