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Dapidodigma demeter

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dapidodigma

Dapidodigma demeter, the eastern virgin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Albizia and Homalium species. Both the larvae and pupae are attended by ants.

Subspecies

  • Dapidodigma demeter demeter (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River Loop, Cameroon, Congo)
  • Dapidodigma demeter nuptus Clench, 1961 (Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Dapidodigma demeter sudsudana d'Abrera, 1980 (southern Sudan)

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