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Eagris denuba

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Eagris denuba
E. d. denuba, Ghana
E. d. obliterata, Ethiopia
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E. denuba
Binomial name
Eagris denuba
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Antigonus denuba Plötz, 1879
  • Eagris decolor Mabille, 1890
  • Eagris lucetia obliterata Carpenter, 1928

Eagris denuba, the cream flat, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males feed from bird droppings and occasionally mud-puddle.

Subspecies

  • Eagris denuba denuba (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
  • Eagris denuba obliterata Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, Ethiopia)

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