Heteropsis peitho

Forest patroller
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	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

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.

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)

References

1. "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina