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Eagris sabadius

Synonyms: Eagris mauritiana; Hesperia sabadius

Wikipedia Abstract

Eagris sabadius is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and on Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles and the Comoro Islands. The habitat consists of montane forests, forests and forest margins. The larvae feed on Grewia similis, Grewia forbesii, Hibiscus rosasinensis, Dombeya burgessiae and Rhus species.
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Infraspecies

Eagris sabadius aldabranus
Eagris sabadius andracne
Eagris sabadius astoria
Eagris sabadius comorana
Eagris sabadius isabella
Eagris sabadius maheta
Eagris sabadius ochreana
Eagris sabadius sabadius

Prey / Diet

Dombeya burgessiae (Pink Wild Pear)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Alstonia macrophylla (deviltree)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0