Citrinophila tenera
| Citrinophila tenera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Citrinophila |
| Species: | C. tenera |
| Binomial name | |
| Citrinophila tenera (Kirby, 1887)[1] | |
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Citrinophila tenera, the Medium Yellow, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mongala, Uele, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
A pupa of this species was found on the bark of the trunk of Hevea brasiliensis.
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