Ypthima albida

Ypthima albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ypthima
Species:	Y. albida
Binomial name
	Ypthima albida; Butler, 1888
Synonyms
	Ypthima albida argentata Bartel, 1905; Ypthima albida ab. conradsi Strand, 1909; Ypthima albida ab. argentoides Strand, 1914; Ypthima albida uniformis ab. impunctata Dufrane, 1945; Ypthima albida uniformis ab. pseudalbida Dufrane, 1945;

Ypthima albida, the silver ringlet or silvery ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] Its habitat consists of wet grasslands and forest clearings and margins in submontane and montane areas.

Subspecies[]

The species may be divided into the following subspecies:

Ypthima albida albida (southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Ypthima albida occidentalis Bartel, 1905 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
Ypthima albida uniformis Bartel, 1905 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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