Myrina dermaptera
| Myrina dermaptera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Myrina |
| Species: | M. dermaptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857)[1] | |
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The Lesser Fig-tree Blue or Scarce Fig-tree Blue (Myrina dermaptera) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabia and northern Oman.
The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 30–38 mm for females. Adults are on year round with strong peaks in November and from April to June.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus species, including Ficus sur, Ficus thonningii and Ficus natalensis.
Subspecies
- Myrina dermaptera dermaptera (East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga and Limpopo Province, southern Mozambique)
- Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935 (Zimbabwe, Malawi, eastern Tanzania to Kenya (Nairobi))
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