Euliphyra hewitsoni
Species of butterfly
Euliphyra hewitsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Euliphyra |
Species: | E. hewitsoni |
Binomial name | |
Euliphyra hewitsoni |
Euliphyra hewitsoni, the western moth butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have a moth-like flight.
The larvae live in the nests of ants of the genus Oecophylla and feed on ant regurgitations and/or ant brood.
The name honours William Chapman Hewitson.
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- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 d
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