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

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

^ "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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