Eagris decastigma
(Redirected from Purple Flat)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. decastigma
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Eagris decastigma, commonly known as the purple flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of paths and clearings in dense forests.
Adult males visit urine patches.
Subspecies
[edit]- Eagris decastigma decastigma - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon
- Eagris decastigma fuscosa (Holland, 1893) - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo
- Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937 - southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: north-east to Ituri
References
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- ^ Eagris, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
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