Eagris denuba
Eagris denuba | |
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E. d. denuba, Ghana | |
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E. d. obliterata, Ethiopia | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Eagris |
Species: | E. denuba
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Eagris denuba | |
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Eagris denuba, the cream flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males feed from bird droppings and occasionally mud-puddle.
Subspecies[edit]
- Eagris denuba denuba - Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon
- Eagris denuba obliterata Carpenter, 1928 - southern Sudan, Ethiopia
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- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.