Euriphene saphirina
Euriphene saphirina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Euriphene saphirina | |
---|---|
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | E. saphirina |
Binomial name | |
Euriphene saphirina | |
Synonyms | |
|
The larvae feed on Trichocladus ellipticus.
Subspecies
- E. s. saphirina (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Cataractes)
- E. s. itanii (Carcasson, 1964) (Tanzania: eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)
- E. s. memoria Hecq, 1994 (Tanzania)
- E. s. trioculata (Talbot, 1927) (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola)
gollark: LYRICLY FRAMED GIBSON FRAMING ESOBOT FRAMING GIBSON
gollark: GIBSON FRAMED ESOBOT FRAMING GIBSON
gollark: You killed it a while ago with the readonly memory thing so it sought revenge.
gollark: IT FRAMED GIBSON
gollark: THAT IS IT
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euriphene saphirina. |
Wikispecies has information related to Euriphene saphirina |
- "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.