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Phytala

Wikipedia Abstract

Phytala is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae endemic to the Afrotropics. The single member (species) of this genus, Phytala elais, the Giant Forest Blue, is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
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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