Eagris denuba, the cream flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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| E. d. denuba, Ghana | |
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| E. d. obliterata, Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Eagris |
| Species: | E. denuba
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| Eagris denuba | |
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Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers and males feed from bird droppings and occasionally mud-puddle.
Subspecies
edit- Eagris denuba denuba - Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon
- Eagris denuba obliterata Carpenter, 1928 - southern Sudan, Ethiopia
References
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- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
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