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Euriphene conjungens

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Euriphene conjungens
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euriphene
Species:
E. conjungens
Binomial name
Euriphene conjungens
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna conjungens Aurivillius, 1909
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) conjungens
  • Diestogyna chalybeata Talbot, 1937

Euriphene conjungens, the androconial nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

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  • Euriphene conjungens conjungens (Cameroon)
  • Euriphene conjungens chalybeata (Talbot, 1937) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Uganda: western shore of Lake Victoria)
  • Euriphene conjungens kiellandi Hecq, 1994 (north-western Tanzania)

References

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  1. ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini