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Aethiopana

Wikipedia Abstract

Aethiopana is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics.The single member (species), Aethiopana honorius, the Acraea Blue, is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests. Larvae were found on Crematogaster-infested tree-bark. The larvae are brown, very hairy and moth-like.
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External References

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