Epiphile

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Epiphile
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Epiphile adrasta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Biblidinae
Tribe: Callicorini
Genus: Epiphile
E. Doubleday, 1845

Epiphile is a genus of banners in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. There are about 19 described species in Epiphile. [1] [2] [3]

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Epiphile orea

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Epiphile:

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References

  1. "Epiphile Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Epiphile". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading