Megalopalpus zymna
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Megalopalpus |
Species: | M. zymna
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Binomial name | |
Megalopalpus zymna | |
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Megalopalpus zymna, the common harvester, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini and Bioko), Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat is forest and dense agricultural land.
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Megalopalpus zymna.
Wikispecies has information related to Megalopalpus zymna.
- ^ Megalopalpus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Miletina
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