Euriphene incerta

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Euriphene incerta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. incerta
Binomial name
Euriphene incerta
(Aurivillius, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna incerta Aurivillius, 1912
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) incerta
  • Diestogyna cyriaca Hulstaert, 1924
  • Euriphene cyriaca
  • Diestogyna theodota Hulstaert, 1924

Euriphene incerta, the Uncertain Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

The larvae feed on Uapaca species.

Subspecies

  • Euriphene incerta incerta (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Equateur, Tshuapa, Tshopo, Uele, Ituri)
  • Euriphene incerta biokensis Hecq, 1994 (Bioko)
  • Euriphene incerta theodota (Hulstaert, 1924) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: south to Lomami, Lualaba and Sankuru)

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