Iridana incredibilis
| Iridana incredibilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iridana |
| Species: | I. incredibilis |
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| Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)[1] | |
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Iridana incredibilis, the Incredible Sapphire Gem, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are on wing in September, November and January.
The larval host plant is unknown, but both larvae and pupae were found on the bark of Alstonia congensis. They live on the bark in the company of ants of the Crematogaster genus. The larvae spin a silk shelter for themselves over a crack in the bark. Pupal cases have also been found on Albizia lebbeck.
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