Euryphurana

Euryphurana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euryphurana
Hecq, 1992
Species: E. nobilis
Binomial name
Euryphurana nobilis
(Staudinger, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphura nobilis Staudinger, 1891
  • Euryphura (Euryphene) nobilis
  • Euryphura nobilis viridis Hancock, 1990

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

Adults have been recorded attending arboreal nests of Crematogaster ants.

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References

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