Phlyaria

Phlyaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Phlyaria
Karsch, 1895
Species: P. cyara
Binomial name
Phlyaria cyara
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena cyara Hewitson, 1876
  • Phlyaria stactalla Karsch, 1895
  • Cupido cyara var. tenuimarginata Grünberg, 1908

Phlyaria is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It consists of only one species, Phlyaria cyara, the Pied Blue, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on the young shoots of Albizia gummifera.

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References

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