Euliphyra mirifica, the African moth butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola and the western two-thirds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euliphyra |
| Species: | E. mirifica
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Adults have been recorded in June and July.
The larvae live in the nests of Oecophylla smaragdina race longinoda and feed on ant regurgitations.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euliphyra mirifica.
Wikispecies has information related to Euliphyra mirifica.
- ^ Euliphyra at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Liphyrini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
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