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Spalgis epeus

Synonyms: Gerydus epeus

Wikipedia Abstract

The apefly (Spalgis epius) is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or blues family. It gets its name from the supposed resemblance of its caterpillar to the face of an ape.
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Infraspecies

Spalgis epeus epeus
Spalgis epeus georgi
Spalgis epeus semperi
Spalgis epeus titius

Prey / Diet

Coccidohystrix insolita (eggplant mealybug)[1]
Mangifera indica (mango)[2]
Manilkara zapota (sapodilla)[2]
Planococcus minor (Pacific mealybug)[1]
Solanum dulcamara (deadly nightshade)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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