Etesiolaus catori
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Etesiolaus |
| Species: | E. catori |
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| Etesiolaus catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)[1] | |
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Etesiolaus catori, the Small Green Sapphire or Cator’s Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Pachystela brevipes, Manilkara and Synsepalum species.
Subspecies
- Etesiolaus catori catori (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross river loop, southern Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Etesiolaus catori cottoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele and Lualaba, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania at the Kasye and Minziro forests, northwestern Zambia)
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