Eagris tetrastigma

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

Eagris tetrastigma, the black flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

Subspecies

Eagris tetrastigma tetrastigma (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, western Uganda)

Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

References

Eagris tetrastigma Wikipedia

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