Toxochitona gerda

Toxochitona gerda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Toxochitona
Species: T. gerda
Binomial name
Toxochitona gerda
(Kirby, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Durbania gerda Kirby, 1890
  • Eresina gerda var. unicolor Aurivillius, 1899
  • Eresina bitjensis Bethune-Baker, 1926

Toxochitona gerda, Gerda’s Buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kwilu), Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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