Eagris denuba

Eagris denuba
E. d. denuba, Ghana
E. d. obliterata, Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Eagris
Species:
E. denuba
Binomial name
Eagris denuba
(Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Antigonus denuba Plötz, 1879
  • Eagris decolor Mabille, 1890
  • Eagris lucetia obliterata Carpenter, 1928

Eagris denuba, the cream flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males feed from bird droppings and occasionally mud-puddle.

Subspecies

  • Eagris denuba denuba - Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon
  • Eagris denuba obliterata Carpenter, 1928 - southern Sudan, Ethiopia

References

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  1. ^ Eagris, funet.fi
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.


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