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Deloneura ochrascens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Deloneura

Deloneura ochrascens is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The habitat consists of woodland and savannah at altitudes ranging from 900 to 1,700 metres.

The larvae have been found on the bark of Acacia stenocarpa and are associated with the ant species Crematogaster castanea var. tricolor. The larvae are thought to feed on the bark of their host plant or fungus or lichen growing on the bark.

Subspecies

  • Deloneura ochrascens ochrascens (Uganda, western Kenya)
  • Deloneura ochrascens littoralis Talbot, 1935 (eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi: south to Mlanje)
  • References

    Deloneura ochrascens Wikipedia