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Heteropsis elisi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Heteropsis

Heteropsis elisi

Similar
  
Heteropsis, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Libytheinae, Limenitidinae

Heteropsis elisi, the western patroller, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Tanzania. The nominate subspecies is found in dense Guinea savanna and the margins of semi-deciduous forest. Subspecies uluguru is found in open grassland and shrubs at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,400 meters.

Subspecies

  • Heteropsis elisi elisi (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
  • Heteropsis elisi tanzanica (Kielland, 1994) (Tanzania: Bondwa Mountain)
  • Heteropsis elisi uluguru (Kielland, 1990) (Tanzania: east to the Uluguru Mountains)

    • References

    Heteropsis elisi Wikipedia
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