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Euptera dorothea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euptera
Species:	E. dorothea
Binomial name
Euptera dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1904

Euptera dorothea, the western euptera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. 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)

References

1. "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

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