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Euriphene coerulea

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Euriphene coerulea
male in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. coerulea
Binomial name
Euriphene coerulea
Synonyms
  • Aterica felicia Butler, 1871
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) coerulea

Euriphene coerulea, the western nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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