Hewitsonia danane: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Hewitsonia
- Species
- Hewitsonia danane
- Scientific Name
- Hewitsonia danane
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hewitsonia danane
Hewitsonia danane, the Stempffer's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Ivory Coast, southern Nigeria and central and western Cameroon.
The larvae feed on blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). They are associated with the ant species Oecophylla longinoda.
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Sibling Taxa
- Hewitsonia amieti
- Hewitsonia beryllina
- Hewitsonia bitjeana
- Hewitsonia boisduvalii
- Hewitsonia congoensis
- Hewitsonia danane
- Hewitsonia inexpectata
- Hewitsonia intermedia
- Hewitsonia kirbyi
- Hewitsonia kuehnei
- Hewitsonia magdalenae
- Hewitsonia nigeriensis
- Hewitsonia occidentalis
- Hewitsonia preussi
- Hewitsonia prouvosti
- Hewitsonia similis
- Hewitsonia ugandae