Euriphene amicia

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euriphene

Euriphene amicia, the friendly nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Napoleonaea vogelii. They are gregarious.

Subspecies

Euriphene amicia amicia (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Euriphene amicia gola Fox, 1965 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)

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