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Myrina sharpei

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Species of butterfly

Myrina sharpei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Myrina
Species: M. sharpei
Binomial name
Myrina sharpei
Bethune-Baker, 1906

Myrina sharpei, the Sharpe's fig tree blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forest.

The larvae feed on Ficus capensis.

Subspecies

  • Myrina sharpei sharpei (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Uganda, Kenya: west to the Kakamega district, north-western Tanzania)
  • Myrina sharpei fontainei Stempffer, 1961 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)

References

  1. Myrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Amblypodiina

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Taxon identifiers
Myrina sharpei


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