Pseudonacaduba aethiops
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Pseudonacaduba aethiops | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pseudonacaduba |
Species: | P. aethiops
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Pseudonacaduba aethiops | |
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Pseudonacaduba aethiops, the dark line blue or dark African line blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa from Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop) to western Kenya and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males visit damp patches to drink.
The larvae feed on Mundulea species.
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- ^ Pseudonacaduba at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73Error: "Q7255156" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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