Eagris hereus

Eagris hereus
	Figure 21
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. hereus
Binomial name
	Eagris hereus; (H. Druce, 1875)
Synonyms
	Tagiades hereus H. Druce, 1875; Trichosemeia birgitta Strand, 1913; Ceratrichia quaterna Mabille, 1890;

Eagris hereus, the beautiful orange flat, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola and the Central African Republic.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies[]

Eagris hereus hereus (Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic)
Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)

^ Savela, Markku (November 27, 2015). "Eagris hereus (Druce, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae

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