Euriphene aridatha
Appearance
Euriphene aridatha | |
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Female Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euriphene |
Species: | E. aridatha
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Binomial name | |
Euriphene aridatha | |
Synonyms | |
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Euriphene aridatha, the dark nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Euriphene aridatha aridatha (Nigeria, western Cameroon)[2]
- Euriphene aridatha camerunica d’Abrera, 2004 (Cameroon)[2]
- Euriphene aridatha feronia (Staudinger, 1891) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)[2]
- Euriphene aridatha transgressa Hecq, 1994 (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)[2]
References
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- ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b c d e Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini