Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae > Ebepius > Ebepius ochrascens

Ebepius ochrascens

Synonyms: Poultonia ochrascens

Wikipedia Abstract

Deloneura ochrascens is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The habitat consists of woodland and savanna at altitudes ranging from 900 to 1,700 metres. The larvae have been found on the bark of Acacia stenocarpa and are associated with the ant species Crematogaster castanea var. tricolor. The larvae are thought to feed on the bark of their host plant or fungus or lichen growing on the bark.
View Wikipedia Record: Ebepius ochrascens

Infraspecies

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0