''Heteropsis elisi'', the western patroller, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, Sierra Leone,

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, Ghana, Togo and Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
/ref> The nominate subspecies is found in dense

Guinea savanna Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

and the margins of semi-deciduous forest. Subspecies ''H. e. uluguru'' is found in open grassland and shrubs at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,400 meters.

Subspecies

*''Heteropsis elisi elisi'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo) *''Heteropsis elisi tanzanica'' (Kielland, 1994) (Tanzania: Bondwa Mountain) *''Heteropsis elisi uluguru'' (Kielland, 1990) (Tanzania: east to the

Uluguru Mountains The Uluguru mountains are a mountain range in eastern Tanzania, named after the Luguru tribe. The main portion of the Uluguru mountains is a ridge running roughly north-south and rising to altitude at its highest point. On the main Uluguru rang ...

)

References

Elymniini Butterflies described in 1893 Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch {{Heteropsis-stub