Eagris tigris
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. tigris
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| Binomial name | |
| Eagris tigris Evans, 1937[1]
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Eagris tigris, commonly known as the western tiger flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Eagris tigris tigris - eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
- Eagris tigris kayonza Evans, 1956 - Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district
- Eagris tigris liberti Collins & Larsen, 2005 - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Angola, southern Sudan
References
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- ^ Eagris, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-13.