Eagris tetrastigma

Eagris tetrastigma, commonly known as the black flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

Eagris tetrastigma
Eagris tetrastigma figure 15
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Eagris
Species:	E. tetrastigma
Binomial name
Eagris tetrastigma (Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
List Ceratrichia tetrastigma Mabille, 1891 Trichosemeia tristifica Aurivillius, 1925 Tricosemeia subolivescens Holland, 1892

Subspecies

• Eagris tetrastigma tetrastigma - eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, western Uganda
• Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens (Holland, 1892) - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria