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