# Epiphile

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Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Epiphile Epiphile adrasta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Biblidinae Tribe: Callicorini Genus: Epiphile E. Doubleday, 1845

***Epiphile*** is a genus of banners in the [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). There are about 19 described species in *Epiphile*.[1][2][3]

*Epiphile orea*

## Species

These 19 species belong to the genus *Epiphile*:

- *[Epiphile adrasta](/source/Epiphile_adrasta)* Hewitson, 1861 (common banner)

- *[Epiphile chrysites](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_chrysites&action=edit&redlink=1)* Latreille, 1823

- *[Epiphile dilecta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_dilecta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Röber, 1913

- *[Epiphile dinora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_dinora&action=edit&redlink=1)* Fassl, 1912

- *[Epiphile electra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_electra&action=edit&redlink=1)* Staudinger, 1886

- *[Epiphile epicaste](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_epicaste&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hewitson, 1857

- *[Epiphile epimenes](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_epimenes&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hewitson, 1857

- *[Epiphile eriopis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_eriopis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hewitson, 1857

- *[Epiphile fassli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_fassli&action=edit&redlink=1)* Röber, 1913

- *[Epiphile grandis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_grandis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Butler, 1872

- *[Epiphile hermosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_hermosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* De La Maza & Díaz Francés, 1978

- *[Epiphile hubneri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_hubneri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hewitson, 1861

- *[Epiphile kalbreyeri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_kalbreyeri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Fassl, 1912

- *[Epiphile lampethusa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_lampethusa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Doubleday, 1848

- *[Epiphile negrina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_negrina&action=edit&redlink=1)* Felder, 1862

- *[Epiphile orea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_orea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hübner, 1816/24

- *[Epiphile plusios](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_plusios&action=edit&redlink=1)* Godman & Salvin, 1883

- *[Epiphile plutonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_plutonia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bates, 1864

- *[Epiphile zipa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epiphile_zipa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Mengel, 1899

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-itis_1-0)** ["*Epiphile* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=777600). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gbif_2-0)** ["*Epiphile*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1900111). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-buglink_3-0)** ["*Epiphile* genus Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/54123). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

## Further reading

- Ackery, P. R. (1988). "Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies". *Biological Journal of the Linnean Society*. **33** (2): 95–203. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1095-8312.1988.tb00446.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8312.1988.tb00446.x).

- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). ["A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/225361#page/3/mode/1up). *The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera*. **40**: 1–658. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5962/p.332201](https://doi.org/10.5962%2Fp.332201). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0022-4324](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-4324).

- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). [Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819) (Report). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287](https://doi.org/10.13140%2FRG.2.1.2186.3287).

## External links

- Media related to [Epiphile](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Epiphile) at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers Epiphile Wikidata: Q6713253 Wikispecies: Epiphile BioLib: 414555 BOLD: 7087 BugGuide: 54123 CoL: 92896 EoL: 19649 GBIF: 1900111 iNaturalist: 204840 Insecta.pro: 14063 IRMNG: 1271676 ITIS: 777600 NCBI: 442285 Open Tree of Life: 87879 Plazi: 2F69F10E-5559-F8C2-8683-1F4F42A7E9DC ZooBank: 25844159-8271-4E55-A170-CB3C6C093F86

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