Euriphene leonis

Euriphene leonis, the Sierra Leone nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and possibly western Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Euriphene leonis
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. leonis
Binomial name
Euriphene leonis
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna ampedusa var. leonis Aurivillius, 1899
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) leonis

References

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


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