''Euptera crowleyi'', or Crowley's euptera, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Ghana,
Togo,
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Central African Republic and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]
/ref> The habitat consists of drier forests and wet forests.
The larvae feed on '' Pachystela brevipes'' and '' Englerophytum oubanguiense''.
Subspecies
*''Euptera crowleyi crowleyi'' (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
*''Euptera crowleyi centralis'' Libert, 1995 (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: north to Mayumbe, Equateur, Uele and Tshopo)
References
Butterflies described in 1889
Euptera
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby
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