Euliphyra leucyania

Euliphyra leucyania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euliphyra
Species: E. leucyania
Binomial name
Euliphyra leucyania
(Hewitson, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Liphyra leucyania Hewitson, 1874
  • Euliphyra sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1895

Euliphyra leucyania, the Lesser Moth Butterfly, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Sankuru), western Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have a weak, moth-like flight.

The larvae live in the nests of the ant species Oecophylla longinoda.

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