Eagris hereus
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| Eagris hereus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. hereus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eagris hereus | |
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Eagris hereus, commonly known as the beautiful orange flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Eagris hereus hereus - Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic
- Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890) - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon
References
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