Eagris denuba

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.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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)[1]
Synonyms
  • Antigonus denuba Plötz, 1879
  • Eagris decolor Mabille, 1890
  • Eagris lucetia obliterata Carpenter, 1928

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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