Melanitis ansorgei

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Blue evening brown
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanitis
Species:
M. ansorgei
Binomial name
Melanitis ansorgei

Melanitis ansorgei, the blue evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy[]

Unpublished DNA studies suggest the species may need to be placed in a new genus, since it appears to be more closely related to Gnophodes than to Melanitis.

References[]

  1. ^ "Melanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

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