Eagris denuba
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E. d. denuba, Ghana | |
E. d. obliterata, Ethiopia | |
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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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