Ypthima doleta

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Ypthima doleta
Common African ringlet (Ypthima doleta) Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Common African ringlet (Ypthima doleta).jpg
both in Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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