''Euptera knoopi'', or Knoop's euptera, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Nigeria (
Ubiaja
Ubiaja is a community in the Esan South-East Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State, Nigeria. It is at an altitude of 221 m. Most of the people belong to the Esan tribe, one of the major ethnic groups in Edo State.
Ubiaja is in a rain fores ...
and
Ikom
Ikom is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ikom in the east of the area on the Cross River and the A4 highway at.
It has an area of and a population of 162,383 at the 2006 census.
The pe ...
).
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini]
/ref> The habitat consists of forests.
References
Butterflies described in 1998
Knoopi
Endemic fauna of Nigeria
Butterflies of Africa
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