Eagris tetrastigma

Eagris tetrastigma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. tetrastigma
Binomial name
	Eagris tetrastigma; (Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
	Ceratrichia tetrastigma Mabille, 1891; Trichosemeia tristifica Aurivillius, 1925; Tricosemeia subolivescens Holland, 1892;

Eagris tetrastigma, the black flat, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

Subspecies

Eagris tetrastigma tetrastigma (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, western Uganda)
Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

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