Euriphene duseni
Appearance
Euriphene duseni | |
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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. duseni
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Binomial name | |
Euriphene duseni (Aurivillius, 1892)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Euriphene duseni, or Dusen's nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
The larvae feed on Brazzeia species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Euriphene duseni duseni (southern Cameroon)
- Euriphene duseni legeriana Hecq, 1987 (Nigeria, western Cameroon)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Euriphene duseni.
- ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini