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Euryphurana

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Euryphurana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Limenitidinae
Genus: Euryphurana
Hecq, 1992
Species:
E. nobilis
Binomial name
Euryphurana nobilis
Synonyms
  • Euryphura nobilis Staudinger, 1891
  • Euryphura (Euryphene) nobilis
  • Euryphura nobilis viridis Hancock, 1990

Euryphurana nobilis, the noble commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Adults have been recorded attending arboreal nests of Crematogaster ants.

Subspecies

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  • Euryphurana nobilis nobilis (Sierra Leone, Liberia, eastern Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Euryphurana nobilis viridis (Hancock, 1990) (Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba)

References

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  1. ^ "Euryphura Staudinger, [1891]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini