Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hewitsonia | |
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Similar Pseudacraea, Papilio zalmoxis, Amauris, Deudorix, Miletinae | ||
Hewitsonia boisduvalii, the large tiger blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests with a closed canopy.
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