Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Larinopoda | |
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Similar Megalopalpus zymna, Tetrarhanis, Liphyrini, Pentila pauli, Colotis celimene | ||
Larinopoda lircaea, the cream pierid blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa and Kinshasa), Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to extrafloral nectaries.
References
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