Eagris hereus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. hereus |
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| Eagris hereus (Druce, 1875)[1] | |
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Eagris hereus, the Beautiful Orange Flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
Subspecies
- Eagris hereus hereus (Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic)
- Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
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