Heteropsis elisi

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.

Heteropsis elisi
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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H. elisi
Binomial name
Heteropsis elisi
(Karsch, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis elisi Karsch, 1893
  • Henotesia elisi
  • Henotesia elisi var. evanida Thurau, 1903
  • Henotesia elisi tanzanica Kielland, 1994
  • Henotesia elisi uluguru Kielland, 1990

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)
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