Tuxentius carana
Tuxentius carana, the forest pied Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic and the DRC.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Tuxentius carana kontu
Forest pied Pierrot | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Tuxentius |
Species: | T. carana |
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Tuxentius carana | |
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Adult males mud-puddle.
Subspecies
- Tuxentius carana carana – Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893) – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Tuxentius carana |
- Tuxentius at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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