Heteropsis elisi

Heteropsis elisi
	In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	H. elisi
Binomial name
	Heteropsis elisi; (Karsch, 1893)
Synonyms
	Mycalesis elisi Karsch, 1893; Henotesia elisi; Henotesia elisi var. evanida Thurau, 1903; Henotesia elisi tanzanica Kielland, 1994; Henotesia elisi uluguru Kielland, 1990;

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.

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[edit]

^ "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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[funet-1] "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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