Zeritis neriene
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Zeritis neriene, the checkered gem, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, southern Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, where it is found on sandy soils and open stony ground with short grass.
Adults feed from small, white, low-growing flowers.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zeritis neriene.
Wikispecies has information related to Zeritis neriene.
- ^ Zeritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3)
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69 h as (synonym) Cigaritis amineError: "Q8069413" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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