Phytala
| Phytala | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Phytala Westwood, 1851 |
| Species: | P. elais |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytala elais Westwood, 1851[1] | |
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Phytala is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae endemic to the Afrotropics. The single member (species) of this genus, Phytala elais, the Giant Forest Blue, is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Phytala elais elais (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)
- Phytala elais catori Bethune-Baker, 1903 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)
- Phytala elais ugandae Jackson, 1964 (Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)
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