Biology:Euryphura

Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Euryphura
Plate accompanying Otto Staudinger's original description. Figure 3 is Euryphura nobilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Adoliadini
Genus:	Euryphura Staudinger, [1891]
Synonyms
Crenidomimas Karsch, 1894 Metacrenis Butler, 1895 Euryphurana Hecq, 1992 (disputed)

Euryphura is a butterfly genus in the subfamily Limenitidinae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups:

• Subgenus Euryphura
  • The porphyrion species group
    • Euryphura porphyrion (Ward, 1871)
    • Euryphura togoensis Suffert, 1904
  • The achlys species group
    • Euryphura achlys (Hopffer, 1855)
    • Euryphura chalcis (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
    • Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935
    • Euryphura plautilla (Hewitson, 1865)
  • Unknown species group
    • Euryphura athymoides Berger, 1981
    • Euryphura ducarmei Hecq, 1990
• Subgenus Crenidomimas Karsch, 1894
  • Euryphura concordia (Hopffer, 1855)

Former species

• Euryphura nobilis Staudinger, 1891 is sometimes placed in its own genus, Euryphurana.

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 36

Wikidata ☰ Q1759076 entry