Larinopoda lircaea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Larinopoda
- Species
- Larinopoda lircaea
- Scientific Name
- Larinopoda lircaea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Larinopoda lircaea
Larinopoda lircaea, the cream pierid blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa and Kinshasa), Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to extrafloral nectaries.
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