Euriphene aridatha

Euriphene aridatha
female
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. aridatha
Binomial name
Euriphene aridatha
(Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aterica aridatha Hewitson, 1866
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) aridatha
  • Aterica feronia Staudinger, 1891

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

Subspecies

  • E. a. aridatha (Nigeria, western Cameroon)[2]
  • E. a. camerunica d’Abrera, 2004 (Cameroon)[2]
  • E. a. feronia (Staudinger, 1891) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)[2]
  • E. a. transgressa Hecq, 1994 (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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