Euliphyra hewitsoni
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Euliphyra hewitsoni Aurivillius, 1899[1]
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Euliphyra hewitsoni, the western moth butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have a moth-like flight.
The larvae live in the nests of ants of the genus Oecophylla and feed on ant regurgitations and/or ant brood.
The name honours William Chapman Hewitson.
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- ^ Euliphyra at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Liphyrini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-12.