Pseudaletis leonis

Pseudaletis leonis, the West African fantasy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

West African fantasy
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P. leonis
Binomial name
Pseudaletis leonis
Synonyms
  • Sithon leonis Staudinger, 1888
  • Pseudaletis trifasciata Sharpe, 1890

Adults are thought to be mimics of the day-flying moth Podomachla apicalis.

References

  1. "Pseudaletis Druce, 1888" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-06-26.


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