Tuxentius carana
| Tuxentius carana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tuxentius |
| Species: | T. carana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876)[1] | |
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Tuxentius carana, the Forest Pied Pierrot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud-puddle.
Subspecies
- Tuxentius carana carana (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
References
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- ↑ Tuxentius, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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