Euriphene saphirina

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

Euriphene saphirina is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Trichocladus ellipticus.

Subspecies

E. s. saphirina (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Cataractes)

E. s. itanii (Carcasson, 1964) (Tanzania: eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)

E. s. memoria Hecq, 1994 (Tanzania)

E. s. trioculata (Talbot, 1927) (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola)

References

Euriphene saphirina Wikipedia

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