Chloroselas esmeralda
| Chloroselas esmeralda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chloroselas |
| Species: | C. esmeralda |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroselas esmeralda Butler, 1886[1] | |
Chloroselas esmeralda, the Somali Gem, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Yemen and Oman.[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna.
The larvae possibly feed on Acacia tortilis.
Subspecies
- Chloroselas esmeralda esmeralda (Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, western Uganda, northern Tanzania)
- Chloroselas esmeralda bilqis Larsen, 1983 (Yemen, Oman: Dhofar)
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- ↑ Chloroselas, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1)