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Euptera dorothea

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Euptera dorothea
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E. dorothea
Binomial name
Euptera dorothea
Bethune-Baker, 1904[1]

Euptera dorothea, the Western Euptera, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Euptera dorothea dorothea (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
  • Euptera dorothea warrengashi Libert, 2002 (Guinea, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
    (named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)

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