Euptera dorothea
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| authority = Bethune-Baker, 1904[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/limenitidinae/euptera/ "Euptera Staudinger, 1891"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Euptera dorothea, the western euptera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Euptera dorothea dorothea (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
- Euptera dorothea warrengashi Libert, 2002 (Guinea, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
(named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)
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Category:Butterflies described in 1904
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by George Thomas Bethune-Baker
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