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Ypthima albida

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Ypthima albida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ypthima
Species:
Y. albida
Binomial name
Ypthima albida
Butler, 1888[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypthima albida argentata Bartel, 1905
  • Ypthima albida ab. conradsi Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima albida ab. argentoides Strand, 1914
  • Ypthima albida uniformis ab. impunctata Dufrane, 1945
  • Ypthima albida uniformis ab. pseudalbida Dufrane, 1945

Ypthima albida, the silver ringlet or silvery ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] Its habitat consists of wet grasslands and forest clearings and margins in submontane and montane areas.

Subspecies

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The species may be divided into the following subspecies:

  • Ypthima albida albida (southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Ypthima albida occidentalis Bartel, 1905 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
  • Ypthima albida uniformis Bartel, 1905 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

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


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