Aslauga marshalli
| Aslauga marshalli | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aslauga |
| Species: | A. marshalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899[1] | |
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Aslauga marshalli, the Dusky Purple, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and possibly Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland, marshes and shallow lakes.
Adults have been recorded on wing year round.
Subspecies
- Aslauga marshalli marshalli (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique: Dondo Forest, Zimbabwe: Harare)
- Aslauga marshalli adamaoua Libert, 1994 (Cameroon, possibly Nigeria)
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