Biology:Pseudaletis leonis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

West African fantasy
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pseudaletis
Species:
P. leonis
Binomial name
Pseudaletis leonis
(Staudinger, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sithon leonis Staudinger, 1888
  • Pseudaletis trifasciata Sharpe, 1890

Pseudaletis leonis, the West African fantasy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are thought to be mimics of the day-flying moth Podomachla apicalis.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q23069497 entry