Euriphene glaucopis, the cobalt nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] Its 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: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euriphene |
| Species: | E. glaucopis
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| Euriphene glaucopis | |
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This species has a wingspan of 43 mm (1.7 in) and the holotype was collected in Ikelemba at the Sangha River in Neukamerun.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Euriphene Boisduval, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
- ^ (in German) Gaede, M. 1916. Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 9:109
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