Torbenia wojtusiaki

Torbenia wojtusiaki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Torbenia
Species: T. wojtusiaki
Binomial name
Torbenia wojtusiaki
Libert, 2000[1]

Torbenia wojtusiaki, commonly known as Wojtusiak’s Glasswing, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on Marantochloa shoots.[2]

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