Euriphene simplex

Euriphene simplex
	Both males, in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euriphene
Species:	E. simplex
Binomial name
	Euriphene simplex; (Staudinger, 1891)
Synonyms
	Aterica simplexStaudinger, 1891; Euriphene (Euriphene) simplex;

Last updated November 01, 2026

Euriphene simplex, the simple nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. This species is #974.^[2] The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.^[3]

References

↑ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 131. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[funet-1] "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 131. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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