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 African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Euryphura chalcis
both male E. c. chalcis Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euryphura
Species:	E. chalcis
Binomial name
Euryphura chalcis (Felder & Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
Harma chalcis Felder & Felder, 1860 Euryphura (Euryphura) chalcis Euryphene doralice Hewitson, 1865 Harma claudianus Druce, 1874 Euriphura plautilla var. albofasciata Staudinger, 1896 Euryphura oliva Suffert, 1904 Euryphura oliva albula Suffert, 1904 Euryphura ochracea Bartel, 1905 Euryphura fulminea Bartel, 1905 Euryphura euthalioides Schultze, 1916 Euryphura plautilla ab. versicolora Schultze, 1920 Euryphura plautilla ab. aereofasciata Schultze, 1920 Euryphura plautilla f. albimargo Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Euryphura plautilla albimargo f. neooliva van Someren, 1939 Euryphura plautilla albimargo f. bicolor van Someren, 1939 Euryphura vansomereni Jackson, 1956 Euryphura jolyana Hecq, 1990 Euryphura chalcis f. acupincta Hecq, 1992 Euryphura chalcis f. grisea Hecq, 1992 Euryphura chalcis f. transversa Hecq, 1992 Euryphura chalcis f. velutina Hecq, 1992 Euryphura chalcis f. xeros Hecq, 1992 Euriphene (Euryphura) hecqui Ackery, 1995 Euryphura kiellandi Hecq, 1990

Adults have been recorded feeding on Cleistopholis patens. It is thought the nectar in these flowers had fermented.

The larvae feed on Hugonia platysepala, Ventilago, Pterocarpus, Dalbergia, Cassia, Celtis, Hippocratea and Chrysophyllum species.

Subspecies

• Euryphura chalcis chalcis (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
• Euryphura chalcis kiellandi Hecq, 1990 (western Tanzania)

References

1. "Euryphura Staudinger, [1891]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini