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Harpendyreus marungensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Harpendyreus

Harpendyreus marungensis, the central mountain blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane grassland, moist savanna and the edges of roads in forests.

Subspecies

  • Harpendyreus marungensis marungensis (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Tanganika, south-western Tanzania)
  • Harpendyreus marungensis mangalisae Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Mpapwa district and north of the Ruaha Gorge)
  • Harpendyreus marungensis wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya)

    • References

    Harpendyreus marungensis Wikipedia
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