Eagris subalbida

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Eagris subalbida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Eagris
Species:
E. subalbida
Binomial name
Eagris subalbida
(Holland, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Sarangesa subalbidaHolland, 1893
  • Trichosemeia terastigma var. albiventerStrand, 1913
  • Sarangesa thecla var. obscuraAurivillius, 1925
  • Sarangesa aurivilliiNeustetter, 1927
  • Sarangesa theclidesHolland, 1896

Eagris subalbida, commonly known as the chocolate flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Rwanda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males are known to feed from flowers and bird droppings.

Subspecies

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