Neaveia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species N. lamborni

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Neaveia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm. It consists of only one species, Neaveia lamborni, the pierine blue, which is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests and open areas.

Subspecies

Neaveia lamborni lamborni (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon)

Neaveia lamborni orientalis Jackson, 1962 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

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