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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