Myrina sharpei

Myrina sharpei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Myrina
Species:
M. sharpei
Binomial name
Myrina sharpei

Myrina sharpei, the Sharpe's fig tree blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forest.

The larvae feed on Ficus capensis.

Subspecies

  • Myrina sharpei sharpei (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Uganda, Kenya: west to the Kakamega district, north-western Tanzania)
  • Myrina sharpei fontainei Stempffer, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)

References

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  1. ^ Myrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Amblypodiina


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