Euriphene ribensis

Euriphene ribensis
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. ribensis
Binomial name
Euriphene ribensis
(Ward, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene ribensis Ward, 1871
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) ribensis
  • Diestogyna acutangula Aurivillius, 1909

Euriphene ribensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, north Kivu, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Bersama abyssinica.

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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