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Toxochitona gerda

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Species of butterfly

Toxochitona gerda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Toxochitona
Species: T. gerda
Binomial name
Toxochitona gerda
(Kirby, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Durbania gerda Kirby, 1890
  • Eresina gerda var. unicolor Aurivillius, 1899
  • Eresina bitjensis Bethune-Baker, 1926

Toxochitona gerda, the Gerda's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kwilu), Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. Toxochitona at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
Taxon identifiers
Toxochitona gerda


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