Euriphene barombina

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Euriphene barombina
Common nymph (Euriphene barombina) male.jpg
Common nymph (Euriphene barombina) male underside.jpg
both males
Kakum National Park, Ghana
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E. barombina
Binomial name
Euriphene barombina
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna veronica var. barombina Aurivillius, 1894
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) barombina
  • Diestogyna albopunctata Aurivillius, 1898

Euriphene barombina, the common 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, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Combretum species.

References[]

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


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