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Euptera dorothea

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Euptera dorothea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptera
Species:
E. dorothea
Binomial name
Euptera dorothea

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

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  • Euptera dorothea dorothea (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
  • Euptera dorothea warrengashi Libert, 2002 (Guinea, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
    (named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)

References

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