Axiocerses punicea
| Axiocerses punicea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Axiocerses |
| Species: | A. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
| Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)[1] | |
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Axiocerses punicea, the Rainforest Scarlet or Punic Scarlet, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and possibly the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowering shrubs. They are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Ximenia caffra.
Subspecies
- Axiocerses punicea punicea (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)
- Axiocerses punicea cruenta (Trimen, 1894) (Zimbabwe, Mozambique)
References
- ↑ Axiocerses, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3)
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