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 butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic consisting 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 the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on the young shoots of Albizia gummifera.

Subspecies

References

  1. Phlyaria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)


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