Biology:Pseudaletis leonis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
West African fantasy | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pseudaletis |
Species: | P. leonis
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Binomial name | |
Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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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
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- ↑ "Pseudaletis Druce, 1888" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_1.doc.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q23069497 entry
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