Heteropsis elisi, the western patroller, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Tanzania.[2] The nominate subspecies is found in dense Guinea savanna and the margins of semi-deciduous forest. Subspecies H. e. uluguru is found in open grassland and shrubs at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,400 meters.
| Heteropsis elisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heteropsis |
| Species: | H. elisi
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| Heteropsis elisi | |
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Subspecies
edit- Heteropsis elisi elisi (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
- Heteropsis elisi tanzanica (Kielland, 1994) (Tanzania: Bondwa Mountain)
- Heteropsis elisi uluguru (Kielland, 1990) (Tanzania: east to the Uluguru Mountains)
References
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- ^ "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina