Protogoniomorpha cytora
Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin.[2] The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.
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| Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, [1847])[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
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- Protogoniomorpha, here treated as a synonym of Salamis, Site of Markku Savela
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
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