Lipaphnaeus aderna
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lipaphnaeus |
| Species: | L. aderna |
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| Lipaphnaeus aderna (Plötz, 1880)[1] | |
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Lipaphnaeus aderna, the bramble false hairstreak or blue silver speckle, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense savanna.
Both sexes have been recorded on flowering shrubs in sunny glades. Adult males mud puddle. Adults are probably on wing year-round, with peaks from August to October and again from March to May.
The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata. They are associated with ants of the Crematogaster genus.
Subspecies
- Lipaphnaeus aderna aderna (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Lipaphnaeus aderna pan (Talbot, 1935) (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and Kivu)
- Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916) (south-eastern Kenya, Malawi, western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
References
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- ↑ Lipaphnaeus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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