Euliphyra mirifica
Species of butterfly
Euliphyra mirifica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Euliphyra |
Species: | E. mirifica |
Binomial name | |
Euliphyra mirifica Holland, 1890[1] |
Euliphyra mirifica, the African moth butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola and the western two-thirds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded in June and July.
The larvae live in the nests of Oecophylla smaragdina race longinoda and feed on ant regurgitations.
References
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External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 c
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