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Myrina sharpei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Myrina

Myrina sharpei

Myrina sharpei, the Sharpe's fig tree blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forest.

The larvae feed on Ficus capensis.

Subspecies

  • Myrina sharpei sharpei (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Uganda, Kenya: west to the Kakamega district, north-western Tanzania)
  • Myrina sharpei fontainei Stempffer, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)

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