Eagris denuba
Eagris denuba | |
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Eagris denuba figure 8 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Eagris |
Species: | E. denuba |
Binomial name | |
Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Eagris denuba, the cream flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. 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
- Eagris denuba denuba (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Eagris denuba obliterata Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
References
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