''Euryphura'' is a butterfly

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 ...

in the subfamily

Limenitidinae The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives. The common names of many species and genera reference military ranks or – namely the Adoliadini – titles of nobility (e.g., count, duke, earl, an ...

. The species of this genus are found in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups:"''Euryphura'' Staudinger, [1891]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *Subgenus">891]"">"''Euryphura'' Staudinger, [1891]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *Subgenus ''Euryphura'' **The ''porphyrion'' species group ***''Euryphura porphyrion'' (Ward, 1871) ***''Euryphura togoensis'' Suffert, 1904 **The ''achlys'' species group ***''Euryphura achlys'' (Hopffer, 1855) ***''

Euryphura chalcis ''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 Africa ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) ***''

Euryphura isuka ''Euryphura isuka'', the scarce commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a cou ...

'' Stoneham, 1935 ***''

Euryphura plautilla ''Euryphura plautilla'', or Hewitson's commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda ...

'' (Hewitson, 1865) **Unknown species group ***''

Euryphura athymoides ''Euryphura athymoides'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ...

'' Berger, 1981 ***''

Euryphura ducarmei ''Euryphura ducarmei'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambi ...

'' Hecq, 1990 *Subgenus ''Crenidomimas'' Karsch, 1894 **''

Euryphura concordia ''Euryphura concordia'', the speckled lilac nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Kinshasa, Kasai, Sankuru, Shaba, Lomami, Lualaba), eastern Angola, northern Zambia, Tanzania, Mal ...

'' (Hopffer, 1855)

Former species

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Euryphura nobilis ''Euryphurana nobilis'', the noble commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the ...

'' Staudinger, 1891 is sometimes placed in its own genus, ''

Euryphurana ''Euryphurana nobilis'', the noble commander, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the ...

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References

External links

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 36
Limenitidinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Limenitidinae-stub