Eagris denuba

Eagris denuba
	E. d. denuba, Ghana
	E. d. obliterata, Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. denuba
Binomial name
	Eagris denuba; (Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
	Antigonus denuba Plötz, 1879; Eagris decolor Mabille, 1890; Eagris lucetia obliterata Carpenter, 1928;

Eagris denuba, the cream flat, is a species of 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

References

^ Eagris, funet.fi
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.

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[1] Eagris, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.

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