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Hewitsonia kirbyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hewitsonia

Hewitsonia kirbyi

Hewitsonia kirbyi, the Kirby's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

Contents

The larvae feed on lichen on the bark of trees.

Subspecies

  • Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east of Lualaba, Zambia)
  • Hewitsonia kirbyi preussi Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

    • Etymology

    The name honours two entomologists William Chapman Hewitson and William Forsell Kirby.

    References

    Hewitsonia kirbyi Wikipedia
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