Euriphene leonis

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Euriphene leonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. leonis
Binomial name
Euriphene leonis
(Aurivillius, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna ampedusa var. leonis Aurivillius, 1899
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) leonis

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

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