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Euptera pluto

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euptera

Euptera pluto, the Pluto euptera, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Liberia, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Zambia.

The larvae feed on Englerophytum species.

Subspecies

  • Euptera pluto pluto (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Euptera pluto occidentalis Chovet, 1998 (Liberia, Togo)
  • Euptera pluto primitiva Hancock, 1984 (Uganda: Katera, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Lualaba, north-western Zambia)

    • References

    Euptera pluto Wikipedia
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