Eagris tigris
| Eagris tigris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. tigris |
| Binomial name | |
| Eagris tigris Evans, 1937[1] | |
Eagris tigris, the western tiger flat, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Eagris tigris tigris (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
- Eagris tigris kayonza Evans, 1956 (Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district)
- Eagris tigris liberti Collins & Larsen, 2005 (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Angola, southern Sudan)
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