Pseudaletis agrippina

Updated on Dec 26, 2024

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

Similar Megalopalpus zymna, Pentila pauli, Axiocerses amanga, Hypolycaena antifaunus, Appias sabina

Pseudaletis agrippina, the Agrippina's fantasy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. Its habitat consists of forests.

Adults mimic day-flying moths of the Scopula genus.

Subspecies

Pseudaletis agrippina agrippina (Ghana: Volta Region, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

Pseudaletis agrippina warrengashi Libert, 2007 (Ivory Coast)
(named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)

References

Pseudaletis agrippina Wikipedia

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