Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Axiocerses | |
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Similar Axiocerses, Axiocerses amanga, Axiocerses tjoane, Aphnaeini, Spindasis | ||
Axiocerses punicea, the rainforest scarlet or Punic scarlet, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowering shrubs. They are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Ximenia caffra.
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Axiocerses punicea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA