Stugeta marmoreus
| Stugeta marmoreus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Stugeta |
| Species: | S. marmoreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stugeta marmoreus (Butler, 1866)[1] | |
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Stugeta marmoreus, the Marbled Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Butler in 1866. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna.
Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Ximenia americana, Ximenia caffra and possibly Loranthus species. They are green with red spots.
Subspecies
- Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus (Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, southern Sudan, north-western Uganda)
- Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934 (Uganda: Elgon area, Kenya: west to the southern and eastern slopes of Mount Elgon)