Euptera dorothea

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euptera
Similar Pseudoneptis, Euriphene, Euryphura, Bebearia, Euphaedra

Euptera dorothea, the western euptera, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Euptera dorothea dorothea (Guinea, Sierra Leone)

Euptera dorothea warrengashi Libert, 2002 (Guinea, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
(named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)

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