Cupidesthes leonina
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Cupidesthes leonina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupidesthes |
Species: | C. leonina
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Binomial name | |
Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Cupidesthes leonina, the leonine ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.
Adults of both sexes have been found on the flowers of Eupatorium species.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cupidesthes leonina.
Wikispecies has information related to Cupidesthes leonina.
- ^ Cupidesthes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
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