Euptera hirundo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptera
Species:
E. hirundo
Binomial name
Euptera hirundo
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 family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

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

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