Protogoniomorpha cytora
Western blue beauty | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Protogoniomorpha |
Species: | P. cytora |
Binomial name | |
Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847)[1] | |
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Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin.[2] The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.
The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
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