Euptera crowleyi
| Euptera crowleyi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euptera |
| Species: | E. crowleyi |
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| Euptera crowleyi (Kirby, 1889)[1] | |
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Euptera crowleyi, Crowley’s Euptera, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and wet forests.
The larvae feed on Pachystela brevipes and Englerophytum oubangensis.
Subspecies
- Euptera crowleyi crowleyi (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Euptera crowleyi centralis Libert, 1995 (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: north to Mayumbe, Equateur, Uele and Tshopo)
References
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- ↑ Euptera, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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