Euriphene gambiae
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both male E. g. vera Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
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Species: | E. gambiae
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Euriphene gambiae Feisthamel, 1850[1]
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Euriphene gambiae, the Gambia nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies[]
- Euriphene gambiae gambiae (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, southern Guinea)
- Euriphene gambiae gabonica Bernardi, 1966 (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Uele, northern Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Sankuru)
- Euriphene gambiae vera Hecq, 2002 (eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euriphene gambiae. |
Wikispecies has information related to Euriphene gambiae. |
- ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1850
- Euriphene
- Limenitidinae stubs