Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Nymphalidae
- genus
- Euryphura
- species
- Euryphura chalcis
Abstract
Euryphura chalcis, the common commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding on Cleistopholis patens. It is thought the nectar in these flowers had fermented. The larvae feed on Hugonia platysepala, Ventilago, Pterocarpus, Dalbergia, Cassia, Celtis, Hippocratea and Chrysophyllum species.
Adults have been recorded feeding on Cleistopholis patens. It is thought the nectar in these flowers had fermented. The larvae feed on Hugonia platysepala, Ventilago, Pterocarpus, Dalbergia, Cassia, Celtis, Hippocratea and Chrysophyllum species.
Subspecies
Euryphura chalcis chalcis (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia) Euryphura chalcis kiellandi Hecq, 1990 (western Tanzania)
Name
- Synonyms
- Euriphene (Euryphura) hecqui Ackery, 1995
- Euriphura plautilla var. albofasciata Staudinger, 1896
- Euryphene doralice Hewitson, 1865
- Euryphura (Euryphura) chalcis
- Euryphura chalcis f. acupincta Hecq, 1992
- Euryphura chalcis f. grisea Hecq, 1992
- Euryphura chalcis f. transversa Hecq, 1992
- Euryphura chalcis f. velutina Hecq, 1992
- Euryphura chalcis f. xeros Hecq, 1992
- Euryphura euthalioides Schultze, 1916
- Euryphura fulminea Bartel, 1905
- Euryphura jolyana Hecq, 1990
- Euryphura kiellandi Hecq, 1990
- Euryphura ochracea Bartel, 1905
- Euryphura oliva Suffert, 1904
- Euryphura oliva albula Suffert, 1904
- Euryphura plautilla ab. aereofasciata Schultze, 1920
- Euryphura plautilla ab. versicolora Schultze, 1920
- Euryphura plautilla albimargo f. bicolor van Someren, 1939
- Euryphura plautilla albimargo f. neooliva van Someren, 1939
- Homonyms
- Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)
- Euryphura (Euryphura) chalcis