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Protogoniomorpha temora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Protogoniomorpha

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Protogoniomorpha, Butterflies and moths, Salamis, Salamis cacta, Protogoniomorpha anacardii

Protogoniomorpha temora, the blue mother-of-pearl or eastern blue beauty, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of dense forests and riverine thicket.

The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Mimulopsis spatulata, Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina, Justicia, Asystasia and Mellera species.

Subspecies

  • Protogoniomorpha temora temora (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, western Kenya, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
  • Protogoniomorpha temora virescens (Suffert, 1904) (Tanzania: east to the Nguru and Uluguru Mountains)

    • References

    Protogoniomorpha temora Wikipedia
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