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Euriphene grosesmithi

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Euriphene grosesmithi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. grosesmithi
Binomial name
Euriphene grosesmithi
Synonyms
  • Aterica grose-smithi Staudinger, 1891
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) grosesmithi

Euriphene grosesmithi, or Grose-Smith's nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

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  • Euriphene grosesmithi grosesmithi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Euriphene grosesmithi muehlenbergi Hecq, 1995 (Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

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  1. ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini