• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Ghana Patroller

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Henotesia decira	Plötz, 1880
  Heteropsis decira	Plötz, 1880
  Mycalesis decira	Plötz, 1880

• Brakefieldia decira is a member of the clade Brakefieldia peitho:

• Species	Author
  Brakefieldia decira	(Plötz, 1880)
  Brakefieldia nigrescens	(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
  Brakefieldia peitho	(Plötz, 1880)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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