Euriphene Minkoi
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''Euriphene minkoi'' 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
Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
and
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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Subspecies

*''Euriphene minkoi minkoi'' (Gabon) *''Euriphene minkoi collinsi'' Hecq, 1994 (Cameroon)


References

Butterflies described in 1993 Euriphene Taxa named by Georges Bernardi Butterflies of Africa {{Limenitidinae-stub