Biology:Euryphura concordia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euryphura concordia
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euryphura
Species:
E. concordia
Binomial name
Euryphura concordia
(Hopffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Harma concordia Hopffer, 1855
  • Euryphura (Crenidomimas) concordia
  • Crenis crawshayi Butler, 1894

Euryphura concordia, the speckled lilac nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba), eastern Angola, northern Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit. They are on wing from August to October and in February, April and May.

The larvae feed on Brachystegia spiciformis.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5414086 entry