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Dapidodigma hymen

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Dapidodigma hymen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Dapidodigma
Species:
D. hymen
Binomial name
Dapidodigma hymen
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hymen Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio liger Cramer, 1779

Dapidodigma hymen, the Western Virgin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River Loop) and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests and scrubland.

The larvae possibly feed on Alchornea species, a plant usually colonized by tailor ants of the Oecophylla genus.

References

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  1. ^ Dapidodigma, funet.fi
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina


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