''Euripus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

butterflies 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

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. The three species in the genus are native to

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and

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Species

*'' Euripus consimilis'' (Westwood, 1850) – painted courtesan *'' Euripus nyctelius'' (Doubleday, 1845) – courtesan *'' Euripus robustus'' Wallace, 1869 – Wallace's courtesan

External links

"''Euripus'' Doubleday, [1848]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Apaturinae">848]"">"''Euripus'' Doubleday, [1848]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Apaturinae Taxa named by Henry Doubleday Nymphalidae genera Taxa described in 1848 {{Apaturinae-stub