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Ypthima doleta

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Species of butterfly

Ypthima doleta
both in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ypthima
Species: Y. doleta
Binomial name
Ypthima doleta
Kirby, 1880
Synonyms
  • Ypthima doleta ab. tripunctata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima doleta ab. quadripunctata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima doleta ab. quinquepunctata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima doleta ab. septemocellata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima doleta ab. strigata Strand, 1913
  • Ypthima doleta ab. defecta Strand, 1913
  • Ypthima doleta ab. asteropina Strand, 1913
  • Ypthima doleta ab. dschangensis Strand, 1914

Ypthima doleta, the common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of humid areas, including farmland, forest margins and glades.

References

  1. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E –Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina
Taxon identifiers
Ypthima doleta


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