Eagris tetrastigma
Species of butterfly
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Eagris tetrastigma, commonly known as the black flat, is a species of 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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. tetrastigma |
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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
