Larinopoda aspidos

Larinopoda aspidos
Larinopoda aspidos figures 5,6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Larinopoda
Species: L. aspidos
Binomial name
Larinopoda aspidos
Druce, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Larinopoda latimarginata Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Larinopoda brenda Druce, 1903

Larinopoda aspidos, the Nigerian Pierid Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo and Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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