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Ypthima pupillaris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ypthima

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Ypthima pupillaris, the eyed ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The habitat consists of grassland at altitudes above 1,500 meters and woodland.

Adults are on wing in June, September, October, February, March and April.

Subspecies

The species may be divided into the following subspecies:

  • Ypthima pupillaris pupillaris (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, northern Zambia, northern and eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique)
  • Ypthima pupillaris obscurata Kielland, 1982 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Tanzania, Malawi)

    • References

    Ypthima pupillaris Wikipedia
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