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Tuxentius carana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Conservation status
  
Least Concern

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tuxentius

Rank
  
Species

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Tuxentius carana, the forest pied Pierrot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

  • Tuxentius carana carana (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

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