Eagris hereus

Eagris hereus
	Figure 21
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. hereus
Binomial name
	Eagris hereus; (H. Druce, 1875)
Synonyms
	Tagiades hereus H. Druce, 1875; Trichosemeia birgitta Strand, 1913; Ceratrichia quaterna Mabille, 1890;

Eagris hereus, the beautiful orange flat, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola and the Central African Republic.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

Eagris hereus hereus (Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic)
Eagris hereus quaterna (Mabille, 1890) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)

^ Savela, Markku (November 27, 2015). "Eagris hereus (Druce, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae

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