Eresina maesseni

Eresina maesseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Eresina
Species: E. maesseni
Binomial name
Eresina maesseni
Stempffer, 1956[1]

Eresina maesseni, Maessen’s Eresina, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of dense, primary forests, including wet and drier forests.

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