Euptera pluto

Euptera pluto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptera
Species: E. pluto
Binomial name
Euptera pluto
(Ward, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene pluto Ward, 1873
  • Thaleropis trigona Holland, 1892
  • Euptera elabontas f. primitiva van Someren, 1939

Euptera pluto, the Pluto euptera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Liberia, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Zambia.[2]

The larvae feed on Englerophytum species.

Subspecies

  • Euptera pluto pluto (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Euptera pluto occidentalis Chovet, 1998 (Liberia, Togo)
  • Euptera pluto primitiva Hancock, 1984 (Uganda: Katera, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Lualaba, north-western Zambia)

References

  1. ↑ "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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