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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| image = Common nymph (Euriphene barombina) male.jpg
| image = Common nymph (Euriphene barombina) male.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_caption = male in [[Ghana]]
| image2 = Common nymph (Euriphene barombina) male underside.jpg
| taxon = Euriphene barombina
| authority = ([[Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius|Aurivillius]], 1894)<ref name=funet>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/euriphene/ "''Euriphene'' Boisduval, 1847"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
| image2_caption = both males<br>Kakum National Park, [[Ghana]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Nymphalidae]]
| genus = ''[[Euriphene]]''
| species = '''''E. barombina'''''
| binomial = ''Euriphene barombina''
| binomial_authority = ([[Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius|Aurivillius]], 1894)<ref name=funet>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/euriphene/ "''Euriphene'' Boisduval, 1847"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
*''Diestogyna veronica'' var. ''barombina'' <small>Aurivillius, 1894</small>
*''Diestogyna veronica'' var. ''barombina'' <small>Aurivillius, 1894</small>
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'''''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]].<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]</ref> The habitat consists of forests.
'''''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]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] The species is replaced further east by '''''Euriphene saphirina'''''.<ref name=ATBUT>[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]</ref> The habitat consists of forests.


The larvae feed on ''[[Combretum]]'' species.
The larvae feed on ''[[Combretum]]'' species.
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[[Category:Euriphene]]
[[Category:Euriphene]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Africa]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Africa]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius]]





Latest revision as of 16:52, 5 November 2024

Euriphene barombina
male in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
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 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The species is replaced further east by Euriphene saphirina.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Combretum species.

References

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