Biology:Larinopoda aspidos

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Larinopoda aspidos
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Larinopoda
Species:
L. aspidos
Binomial name
Larinopoda aspidos
H. H. Druce, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Larinopoda latimarginata Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Larinopoda brenda H. H. Druce, 1903

Larinopoda aspidos, the Nigerian pierid blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo and Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6489390 entry