Eresina maesseni

Species of butterfly

Eresina maesseni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Eresina
Species:	E. maesseni
Binomial name
*Eresina maesseni* Stempffer, 1956^[1]

Eresina maesseni, the Maessen's eresina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and Cameroon.^[2] Its habitat consists of dense, primary forests, including wet and drier forests.

References

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^ Eresina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Liptenina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)