Melanitis ansorgei

Melanitis ansorgei, the blue evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Blue evening brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
M. ansorgei
Binomial name
Melanitis ansorgei

Taxonomy

Unpublished DNA studies suggest the species may need to be placed in a new genus, since it appears to be more closely related to Gnophodes than to Melanitis.

gollark: Yeeees, probably true.
gollark: also meme.
gollark: Although I may be biased.
gollark: Well, I would generally prefer not killing rich people.
gollark: Blame the parents.

References

  1. "Melanitis Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2012-05-30.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.