Hewitsonia intermedia
| Hewitsonia intermedia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hewitsonia |
| Species: | H. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962[1] | |
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Hewitsonia intermedia is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on lichen on the trunks of trees.
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