Euriphene barombina

Euriphene barombina
Euriphene barombina depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species: E. barombina
Binomial name
Euriphene barombina
(Aurivillius, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna veronica var. barombina Aurivillius, 1894
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) barombina
  • Diestogyna albopunctata Aurivillius, 1898

Euriphene barombina, the Common Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Combretum species.

References

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