Biology:Melanitis ansorgei
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Blue evening brown | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melanitis |
| Species: | M. ansorgei
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904[1]
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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Unpublished DNA studies suggest the species may need to be placed in a new genus, since it appears to be more closely related to Gnophodes than to Melanitis.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
- ↑ "Melanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_melanitini.doc.
External links
- NSG database Melanitis ansorgei Rothschild 1904 image
Wikidata ☰ Q6811396 entry
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