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| Euriphene leonis | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euriphene |
| Species: | E. leonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Euriphene leonis (Aurivillius, 1899)[1]
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Euriphene leonis, the Sierra Leone nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and possibly western Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.