Euptera dorothea

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Euptera dorothea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptera
Species: E. dorothea
Binomial name
Euptera dorothea
Bethune-Baker, 1904[1]

Euptera dorothea, the Western Euptera, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Euptera dorothea dorothea (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
  • Euptera dorothea warrengashi Libert, 2002 (Guinea, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)

References


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