Heteropsis peitho

Heteropsis peitho, the forest patroller, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of high forests.

Heteropsis peitho
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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H. peitho
Binomial name
Heteropsis peitho
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis peitho Plötz, 1880
  • Henotesia peitho
  • Houlbertia peitho
  • Henotesia peitho gigas Libert, 2006
  • Heteropsis peitho reducta Libert, 2006

Subspecies

  • Heteropsis peitho peitho (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Heteropsis peitho gigas (Libert, 2006) (western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Heteropsis peitho reducta (Libert, 2006) (Uganda)

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