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Tetrarhanis stempfferi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tetrarhanis

Tetrarhanis stempfferi, the Stempffer's on-off, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. The species is named after French entomologist Henri Stempffer. It is found in Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

  • Tetrarhanis stempfferi stempfferi (Liberia, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956) (Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district, western Kenya)

    • References

    Tetrarhanis stempfferi Wikipedia
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