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Spalgis lemolea

Synonyms: Spalgis latimarginata; Spalgis s-signata

Wikipedia Abstract

Spalgis lemolea, the Lemolea Harvester or African Apefly, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, from Gabon to Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, northern Zimbabwe and Botswana. The habitat consists of forests and dense savanna (Guinea savanna and Miombo woodland), as well as thick riverine bush. Adults are attracted to water and fresh as well as dry bird droppings.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug)[1]
Terminalia ivorensis (Ivory Coast almond)[2]

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
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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