Euriphene saphirina

Euriphene saphirina
Euriphene saphirina depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euriphene
Species:	E. saphirina
Binomial name
Euriphene saphirina (Karsch, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
Diestogyna saphirina Karsch, 1894 Euriphene (Euriphene) saphirina Diestogyna umbrina Aurivillius, 1901 Diestogyna hobleyi Neave, 1904 Diestogyna itanii Carcasson, 1964 Diestogyna trioculata Talbot, 1927

Euriphene saphirina is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Trichocladus ellipticus.

Subspecies

• Euriphene saphirina saphirina (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ubangi, Mongala, Uele, Ituri, north Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Cataractes)
• Euriphene saphirina itanii (Carcasson, 1964) (Tanzania: eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)
• Euriphene saphirina memoria Hecq, 1994 (Tanzania)
• Euriphene saphirina trioculata (Talbot, 1927) (southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola)

References

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