Protogoniomorpha cytora: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Protogoniomorpha
- Species
- Protogoniomorpha cytora
- Scientific Name
- Protogoniomorpha cytora
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Protogoniomorpha cytora
Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.
The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
...Protogoniomorpha cytora in languages:
- English
- Western Blue Beauty
- English
- Western Blue Mother-of-Pearl
- Japanese
- オオルリシンジュタテハ
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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