Eagris tigris

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

Eagris tigris, the western tiger flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Eagris tigris tigris (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

Eagris tigris kayonza Evans, 1956 (Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district)

Eagris tigris liberti Collins & Larsen, 2005 (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Angola, southern Sudan)

References

Eagris tigris Wikipedia

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