Biology:Eagris subalbida

Short description: Species of butterfly

Eagris subalbida
Eagris subalbida figure 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. subalbida
Binomial name
Eagris subalbida (Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
List Sarangesa subalbida Holland, 1893 Trichosemeia terastigma var. albiventer Strand, 1913 Sarangesa thecla var. obscura Aurivillius, 1925 Sarangesa aurivillii Neustetter, 1927 Sarangesa theclides Holland, 1896

Eagris subalbida, commonly known as the chocolate flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Rwanda. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males are known to feed from flowers and bird droppings.

Subspecies

• Eagris subalbida subalbida - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon
• Eagris subalbida aurivillii (Neustetter, 1927) - Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Rwanda

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5325420 entry