Euryphurana
| Euryphurana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euryphurana Hecq, 1992 |
| Species: | E. nobilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euryphurana nobilis (Staudinger, 1891)[1] | |
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Euryphurana nobilis, the Noble Commander, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Adults have been recorded attending arboreal nests of Crematogaster ants.
Subspecies
- Euryphurana nobilis nobilis (Sierra Leone, Liberia, eastern Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Congo, Central African Republic)
- Euryphurana nobilis viridis (Hancock, 1990) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba)
References
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- ↑ Euryphura, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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