Eagris subalbida

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

Eagris subalbida, the chocolate flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Rwanda. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males are known to feed from flowers and bird droppings.

Subspecies

Eagris subalbida subalbida (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)

Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927) (Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Rwanda)

References

Eagris subalbida Wikipedia

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