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.
Euryphura concordia | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euryphura |
Species: | E. concordia
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Binomial name | |
Euryphura concordia | |
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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
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- ^ "Euryphura Staudinger, [1891]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini