Heteropsis peitho

Heteropsis peitho
Heteropsis peitho depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heteropsis
Species: H. peitho
Binomial name
Heteropsis peitho
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis peitho Plötz, 1880
  • Henotesia peitho
  • Houlbertia peitho
  • Henotesia peitho gigas Libert, 2006
  • Heteropsis peitho reducta Libert, 2006

Heteropsis peitho, the Forest Patroller, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of high forests.

Subspecies

References

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