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Megalopalpus metaleucus
Megalopalpus metaleucus in Seitz (f)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Megalopalpus
Species:	M. metaleucus
Binomial name
Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893

Megalopalpus metaleucus, the large harvester, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

References

1. Megalopalpus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Miletina

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 f

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• Butterflies described in 1893
• Miletinae
• Butterflies of Africa
• Miletinae stubs