Hewitsonia boisduvalii
Hewitsonia boisduvalii, the large tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests with a closed canopy.
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Hewitsonia boisduvalii - Volta Region, Ghana
Subspecies
- Hewitsonia boisduvalii boisduvalii (Guinea: Nimba Mountains, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
- Hewitsonia boisduvalii borealis Schultze, 1916 (southern Nigeria, Cameroon)
gollark: I can bias it in favour of longer apioforms.
gollark: ++magic py import utilutil.apioinfixes.extend (["citrono", "crustaceo"])
gollark: The apioformic database is, oddly enough, NOT live reloadable.
gollark: Ah. It has magneto but not crustaceo. I'll update it.
gollark: Yes.
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- Hewitsonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina
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