Myrina sharpei
Appearance
Myrina sharpei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Myrina |
Species: | M. sharpei
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Binomial name | |
Myrina sharpei Bethune-Baker, 1906[1]
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Myrina sharpei, the Sharpe's fig tree blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forest.
The larvae feed on Ficus capensis.
Subspecies
[edit]- Myrina sharpei sharpei (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Uganda, Kenya: west to the Kakamega district, north-western Tanzania)
- Myrina sharpei fontainei Stempffer, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Myrina sharpei.
- ^ Myrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Amblypodiina
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