Biology:Ptelina carnuta

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Ptelina carnuta
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P. carnuta
Binomial name
Ptelina carnuta
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pentila carnuta Hewitson, 1873
  • Ptelina cornuta
  • Liptena parva Kirby, 1887
  • Telipna kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945

Ptelina carnuta, the bordered buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males and females feed at extrafloral nectaries of vine tendrils and bamboo and on shoots of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7256660 entry