Euriphene gambiae

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Euriphene gambiae
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both male E. g. vera
Kakum National Park, Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. gambiae
Binomial name
Euriphene gambiae
Feisthamel, 1850 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphena gambiaeFeisthamel, 1850
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) gambiae
  • Diestogina gambiae f. deformataNeustetter, 1916

Euriphene gambiae, the Gambia nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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