Euptera hirundo

Euptera hirundo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euptera
Species:	E. hirundo
Binomial name
Euptera hirundo Staudinger, 1891[1]
Synonyms
Euptera hirundo bakeri St Leger, 1969 Euptera hirundo lufirensis f. rufa Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Euptera hirundo rufa van Someren, 1939

Euptera hirundo is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Euptera hirundo hirundo (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: north to Ituri, Ulele and Equateur)
• Euptera hirundo lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Zambia)

References

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1. ↑ Euptera, Site of Markku Savela
2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini