• Source: Eagris decastigma

Eagris decastigma, commonly known as the purple flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of paths and clearings in dense forests.
Adult males visit urine patches.




Subspecies


Eagris decastigma decastigma - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon
Eagris decastigma fuscosa (Holland, 1893) - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo
Eagris decastigma purpura Evans, 1937 - southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: north-east to Ituri




References

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• Eagris decastigma
• Eagris
• List of butterflies of Sierra Leone
• List of butterflies of Gabon
• List of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo
• List of butterflies of Sudan and South Sudan
• List of butterflies of Cameroon
• List of butterflies of Nigeria
• List of butterflies of Zambia
• List of butterflies of Ivory Coast