Melanitis ansorgei
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| Species: | M. ansorgei
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| Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904[1]
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Melanitis ansorgei, the blue evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Taxonomy
Unpublished DNA studies suggest the species may need to be placed in a new genus, since it appears to be more closely related to Gnophodes than to Melanitis.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Melanitis ansorgei.
- ^ "Melanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
External links
- NSG database Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904 image
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