Ypthima doleta

Ypthima doleta, the common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of humid areas, including farmland, forest margins and glades.

Ypthima doleta
both in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ypthima
Species:	Y. doleta
Binomial name
Ypthima doleta Kirby, 1880[1]
Synonyms
Ypthima doleta ab. tripunctata Strand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. quadripunctata Strand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. quinquepunctata Strand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. septemocellata Strand, 1909 Ypthima doleta ab. strigata Strand, 1913 Ypthima doleta ab. defecta Strand, 1913 Ypthima doleta ab. asteropina Strand, 1913 Ypthima doleta ab. dschangensis Strand, 1914