Euriphene barombina

Euriphene barombina, the common nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The species is replaced further east by Euriphene saphirina.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Euriphene barombina
both males
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. barombina
Binomial name
Euriphene barombina
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna veronica var. barombina Aurivillius, 1894
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) barombina
  • Diestogyna albopunctata Aurivillius, 1898

The larvae feed on Combretum species.

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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