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)

References

Dapidodigma demeter Wikipedia

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