Euriphene atossa
In Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euriphene
Species:	E. atossa
Binomial name
Euriphene atossa (Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Aterica atossa Hewitson, 1865 Euriphene (Euriphene) atossa Aterica amaxia Hewitson, 1866 Diestogyna atossa ab. australis Aurivillius, 1912

Euriphene atossa, the Atossa nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Combretum species

Subspecies

• Euriphene atossa atossa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe)
• Euriphene atossa angusta Hecq, 1994 (Bioko)
• Euriphene atossa australis d'Abrera, 1980 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Ituri, north Kivu, Tshopo, Kasai, Sankuru, Lualaba)