Euriphene gambiae

Euriphene gambiae
both male E. g. vera
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. gambiae
Binomial name
Euriphene gambiae
Synonyms
  • Euryphena gambiae Feisthamel, 1850
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) gambiae
  • Diestogina gambiae f. deformata Neustetter, 1916

Euriphene gambiae, the Gambia nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Euriphene gambiae gambiae (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, southern Guinea)
  • Euriphene gambiae gabonica Bernardi, 1966 (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Uele, northern Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Sankuru)
  • Euriphene gambiae vera Hecq, 2002 (eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

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  1. ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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