Phytala

Phytala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Phytala
Westwood, 1851
Species: P. elais
Binomial name
Phytala elais
Westwood, 1851[1]
Synonyms
  • Phytala elaidina Strand, 1920

Phytala is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae endemic to the Afrotropics. The single member (species) of this genus, Phytala elais, the Giant Forest Blue, is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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