Pseudaletis leonis

West African fantasy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pseudaletis
Species:
P. leonis
Binomial name
Pseudaletis leonis
Synonyms
  • Sithon leonis Staudinger, 1888
  • Pseudaletis trifasciata Sharpe, 1890

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.

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

References

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  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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