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Euriphene lysandra

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euriphene lysandra
Scientific classification edit
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

  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%20Genus%20Euriphene%20Boisduval.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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17640451 entry




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