Euliphyra mirifica

Euliphyra mirifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euliphyra
Species: E. mirifica
Binomial name
Euliphyra mirifica
Holland, 1890[1]

Euliphyra mirifica, the African Moth Butterfly, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola and the western two-thirds of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded in June and July.

The larvae live in the nests of Oecophylla smaragdina race longinoda and feed on ant regurgitations.

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