Ypthima doleta

Ypthima doleta
both in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ypthima
Species:	Y. doleta
Binomial name
Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880 [1]
Synonyms
Ypthima doleta ab. tripunctataStrand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. quadripunctataStrand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. quinquepunctataStrand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. septemocellataStrand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. strigataStrand, 1913 Ypthima doleta ab. defectaStrand, 1913 Ypthima doleta ab. asteropinaStrand, 1913 Ypthima doleta ab. dschangensisStrand, 1914

Ypthima doleta, the common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of humid areas, including farmland, forest margins and glades.

References

1. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E –Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina