Euriphene incerta

Euriphene incerta, the uncertain nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Euriphene incerta
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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E. incerta
Binomial name
Euriphene incerta
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna incerta Aurivillius, 1912
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) incerta
  • Diestogyna cyriaca Hulstaert, 1924
  • Euriphene cyriaca
  • Diestogyna theodota Hulstaert, 1924

The larvae feed on Uapaca species.

Subspecies

  • Euriphene incerta incerta (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Tshuapa, Tshopo, Uele, Ituri)
  • Euriphene incerta biokensis Hecq, 1994 (Bioko)
  • Euriphene incerta theodota (Hulstaert, 1924) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lomami, Lualaba and Sankuru)
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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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