Myrina subornata
| Myrina subornata | |
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| Myrina subornata figure 8 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Myrina |
| Species: | M. subornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrina subornata Lathy, 1903[1] | |
Myrina subornata, the West African Fig-tree Blue or Small Fig Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan and possibly Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
Adults suck the juices of small fermenting fruits.
The larvae feed on Ficus species. The larvae are tended by the ant species Pheidole rotundata.
Subspecies
- Myrina subornata subornata (eastern Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, northern Ghana, central and northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Congo, Uganda)
- Myrina subornata kacheleba d'Abrera, 1980 (Kenya: west to Kacheleba and the Suk Mountains)
- Myrina subornata nuba Talbot, 1935 (Sudan)
References
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- ↑ Myrina, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Amblypodiina
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