Eagris tigris
Species of butterfly
Eagris tigris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Eagris |
Species: | E. tigris |
Binomial name | |
Eagris tigris Evans, 1937[1] |
Eagris tigris, commonly known as the western tiger flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Eagris tigris tigris - eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
- Eagris tigris kayonza Evans, 1956 - Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district
- Eagris tigris liberti Collins & Larsen, 2005 - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Angola, southern Sudan
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