Hewitsonia kirbyi

Species of butterfly

Hewitsonia kirbyi

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hewitsonia
Species:	H. kirbyi
Binomial name
*Hewitsonia kirbyi* Dewitz, 1879^[1]
Synonyms
Hewitsonia preussi Staudinger, 1891 Hewitsonia gomensis Dufrane, 1953 Hewitsonia kirbyi sankuru Berger, 1981

Hewitsonia kirbyi, the Kirby's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on lichen on the bark of trees.

Subspecies

Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east of Lualaba, Zambia)
Hewitsonia kirbyi preussi Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Etymology

The name honours two entomologists William Chapman Hewitson and William Forsell Kirby.

References

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^ Hewitsonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-19.