''Euptera amieti'', or Amiet's euptera, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
. It is found in eastern
Nigeria
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,
Cameroon
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,
Gabon
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and the eastern part of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]
/ref> The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on ''Englerophytum
''Englerophytum'' is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
''Englerophytum'' consists primarily of trees. Their leaves are leathery with dense appressed hairs on the undersides. The genus is widespread across t ...
'' species.
References
Butterflies described in 1998
Euptera
Butterflies of Africa
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