Aslauga vininga

Aslauga vininga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aslauga
Species: A. vininga
Binomial name
Aslauga vininga
(Hewitson, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Liphyra vininga Hewitson, 1875
  • Deloneura marginata Plötz, 1880
  • Epitola subfulvida Holland, 1890
  • Aslauga leonae Aurivillius, 1920

Aslauga vininga, the Central Aslauga, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

Adults have been recorded on wing in March.

The larvae are carnivorous and have been found feeding on Dactylopius longispinus and Lecanium punctuliferum var. lamborni and are associated with the ant species Crematogater buchneri race laurenti.

Subspecies

References

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