Teriomima puellaris
| Teriomima puellaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Teriomima |
| Species: | T. puellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Teriomima puellaris (Trimen, 1894)[1] | |
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Teriomima puellaris, the Two-dotted Buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique, southern Malawi and southern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are on wing from July to April.
The larvae feed on tree algae (Cyanophyta) growing on trees.
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