Eagris tigris
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | E. tigris
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Eagris tigris Evans, 1937[1]
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Eagris tigris, the western tiger flat, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. 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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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1937
- Tagiadini
- Pyrginae stubs