Euptera dorothea
| Euptera dorothea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euptera |
| Species: | E. dorothea |
| Binomial name | |
| Euptera dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1904[1] | |
Euptera dorothea, the western euptera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Euptera dorothea dorothea (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
- Euptera dorothea warrengashi Libert, 2002 (Guinea, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
(named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euptera dorothea. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to Euptera dorothea |
- ↑ "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.