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Ypthima albida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ypthima
Species:	Y. albida
Binomial name
Ypthima albida Butler, 1888
Synonyms
Ypthima albida argentata Bartel, 1905 Ypthima albida ab. conradsi Strand, 1909 Ypthima albida ab. argentoides Strand, 1914 Ypthima albida uniformis ab. impunctata Dufrane, 1945 Ypthima albida uniformis ab. pseudalbida Dufrane, 1945

Ypthima albida, the silver ringlet or silvery ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania. Its habitat consists of wet grasslands and forest clearings and margins in submontane and montane areas.

Subspecies

The species may be divided into the following subspecies:

• Ypthima albida albida (southern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Ypthima albida occidentalis Bartel, 1905 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
• Ypthima albida uniformis Bartel, 1905 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

1. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E –Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina

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