Eagris decastigma
| Eagris decastigma | |
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| Eagris decastigma fuscosa figure 4 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. decastigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891[1] | |
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Eagris decastigma, the Purple Flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of paths and clearings in dense forests.
Adult males visit urine patches.
Subspecies
- 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)
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