Stugeta carpenteri

Stugeta carpenteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stugeta
Species: S. carpenteri
Binomial name
Stugeta carpenteri
Stempffer, 1946[1]

Carpenter's Sapphire (Stugeta carpenteri) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Oncocalyx fischeri and Emelianthe panganensis.

Etymology

It is named for M. le Professeur Hale Carpenter."[3]

References

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  1. Stugeta, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
  3. Henri Stempffer. 1946. Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune Éthiopienne. Revue Française d'Entomologie XIII(1): 8-19.


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