Neaveia
| Neaveia | |
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| Neaveia lamborni figure 1 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Neaveia Druce, 1910 |
| Species: | N. lamborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Neaveia lamborni Druce, 1910[1] | |
Neaveia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics. It consists of only one species, Neaveia lamborni, the Pierine Blue, which is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of frests and open areas.
Subspecies
- Neaveia lamborni lamborni (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon)
- Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962 (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
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