Euriphene amicia

Euriphene amicia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. amicia
Binomial name
Euriphene amicia
(Hewitson, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) amicia

Euriphene amicia, the friendly nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Napoleonaea vogelii. They are gregarious.

Subspecies

  • Euriphene amicia amicia (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Euriphene amicia gola Fox, 1965 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)

References

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


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