Myrina subornata

Myrina subornata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Myrina
Species:
M. subornata
Binomial name
Myrina subornata
Lathy, 1903[1]

Myrina subornata, the West African fig-tree blue or small fig blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and possibly Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Adults suck the juices of small fermenting fruits.

The larvae feed on Ficus species. The larvae are tended by the ant species Pheidole rotundata.

Subspecies

  • Myrina subornata subornata (eastern Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, northern Ghana, central and northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Congo, Uganda)
  • Myrina subornata kacheleba d'Abrera, 1980 (Kenya: west to Kacheleba and the Suk Mountains)
  • Myrina subornata nuba Talbot, 1935 (Sudan)

References

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


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