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Argyrocheila undifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Argyrocheila

Argyrocheila undifera

Similar
  
Cerautola crowleyi, Pentila pauli, Epitola posthumus, Aethiopana, Tetrarhanis

Argyrocheila undifera, the fairy white, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

  • Argyrocheila undifera undifera (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern and eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
  • Argyrocheila undifera ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • References

    Argyrocheila undifera Wikipedia