Euriphene excelsior

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Euriphene excelsior
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. excelsior
Binomial name
Euriphene excelsior
(Rebel, 1911) [1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna excelsiorRebel, 1911
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) excelsior

Euriphene excelsior is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu and Uele), Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. [2]

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