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Eagris subalbida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eagris

Eagris subalbida

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