Euriphene saphirina

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Euriphene saphirina
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euriphene
Species:
E. saphirina
Binomial name
Euriphene saphirina
(Karsch, 1894) [1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna saphirinaKarsch, 1894
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) saphirina
  • Diestogyna umbrinaAurivillius, 1901
  • Diestogyna hobleyiNeave, 1904
  • Diestogyna itaniiCarcasson, 1964
  • Diestogyna trioculataTalbot, 1927

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.

The larvae feed on Trichocladus ellipticus .

Subspecies

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