Cerautola crippsi
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| Cerautola crippsi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cerautola |
| Species: | C. crippsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerautola crippsi (Stoneham, 1934)[1] | |
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Cerautola crippsi is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda and Kenya.[2]
The larvae are found on the bark of trees, usually in fairly open country. Although Crematogaster ants are always present, they do not appear to attend the larvae. The larvae probably feed on lichens.
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