Eagris decastigma

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eagris

Eagris decastigma, the purple flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of paths and clearings in dense forests.

Adult males visit urine patches.

Subspecies

Eagris decastigma decastigma (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon)

Eagris decastigma fuscosa (Holland, 1893) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)

Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937 (southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: north-east to Ituri)

References

Eagris decastigma Wikipedia

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