Lipaphnaeus aderna

Lipaphnaeus aderna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lipaphnaeus
Species: L. aderna
Binomial name
Lipaphnaeus aderna
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zeritis aderna Plötz, 1880
  • Zeritis fallax Sharpe, 1890
  • Zeritis latifimbriata Sharpe, 1890
  • Aphnaeus ruficaudis Strand, 1918
  • Spindasis aderna pan Talbot, 1935
  • Aphnaeus spindasoides Aurivillius, 1916

Lipaphnaeus aderna, the Bramble False Hairstreak or Blue Silver Speckle, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense savanna.

Both sexes have been recorded on flowering shrubs in sunny glades. Adult males mud puddle. Adults are probably on wing year round, with peaks from August to October and again from March to May.

The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata. They are associated with ants of the Crematogaster genus.

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