Larinopoda lagyra

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Larinopoda

Larinopoda lagyra, the white pierid blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Larinopoda lagyra lagyra (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)

Larinopoda lagyra reducta Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)

References

Larinopoda lagyra Wikipedia

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