Pseudonacaduba aethiops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pseudonacaduba |
Species: | P. aethiops
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Binomial name | |
Pseudonacaduba aethiops | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
Pseudonacaduba aethiops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pseudonacaduba |
Species: | P. aethiops
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Binomial name | |
Pseudonacaduba aethiops | |
Synonyms | |
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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.