Syrmoptera melanomitra

Syrmoptera melanomitra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Syrmoptera
Species:
S. melanomitra
Binomial name
Syrmoptera melanomitra
Karsch, 1895[1]
Synonyms
  • Syrmoptera nivea f. androgyna Joicey and Talbot, 1924
  • Syrmoptera androgyna
  • Syrmoptera nivea Joicey & Talbot, 1924

Syrmoptera melanomitra is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Subspecies

  • Syrmoptera melanomitra melanomitra (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cataractes, Kinshasa and Mongala)
  • Syrmoptera melanomitra nivea Joicey & Talbot, 1924 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)

References

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  1. ^ "Syrmoptera Karsch, 1895" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina


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