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Euriphene obsoleta

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Euriphene obsoleta
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. obsoleta
Binomial name
Euriphene obsoleta
(Grünberg, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diestogyna obsoleta Grünberg, 1908
  • Euriphene (Euriphene) obsoleta

Euriphene obsoleta 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.

The larvae possibly feed on Combretum species.

Subspecies

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  • Euriphene obsoleta obsoleta (Cameroon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Kivu)
  • Euriphene obsoleta munene 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