Euriphene lysandra

Short description: Species of butterfly

Euriphene lysandra

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Euriphene
Species:  |

E. lysandra

Binomial name
Euriphene lysandra

(Stoll, 1790)[1][2]

Synonyms

* Papilio lysandra Stoll, 1790
* Euriphene (Doricleana) lysandra
* Aterica zeugma Hewitson, 1869
* Euriphene doriclea lysandra (Stoll, 1790)[3]

Euriphene lysandra, the Lysandra nymph, is a species[1][2] or subspecies[3] of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Moyen-Congo and Mayumbe).[2] The habitat consists of forests.[2]

The larvae feed on Dichapetalum species.[2]

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Savela, Markku. "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/euriphene/#lysandra.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Williams, Mark C. (27 December 2020). "Genus Euriphene Boisduval, 1847". Afrotropical Butterflies. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. https://metamorphosis.org.za/articlesPDF/1121/327 Genus Euriphene Boisduval.pdf.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Euriphene doriclea lysandra (Stoll, 1790)". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/522968.

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