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Euriphene gambiae
both male E. g. vera Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euriphene
Species:	E. gambiae
Binomial name
Euriphene gambiae Feisthamel, 1850
Synonyms
Euryphena gambiae Feisthamel, 1850 Euriphene (Euriphene) gambiae Diestogina gambiae f. deformata Neustetter, 1916

Euriphene gambiae, the Gambia nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Euriphene gambiae gambiae (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, southern Guinea)
• Euriphene gambiae gabonica Bernardi, 1966 (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Uele, northern Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Cataractes, Sankuru)
• Euriphene gambiae vera Hecq, 2002 (eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

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

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