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Eresiomera isca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eresiomera

Eresiomera isca

Similar
  
Tuxentius carana, Iolaus iulus, Iolaus timon, Cerautola crowleyi, Pentila pauli

Eresiomera isca, the common pearly, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests and swamp forests.

Subspecies

  • Eresiomera isca isca (Nigeria: east of the Niger river, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa, Equateur, Tshuapa, Mongala and Uele)
  • Eresiomera isca occidentalis Collins & Larsen, 1998 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: west of the Niger river)

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