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Kakumia otlauga

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Kakumia otlauga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Kakumia
Species:
K. otlauga
Binomial name
Kakumia otlauga
Synonyms
  • Durbania otlauga Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890
  • Pseuderesia gordoni Druce, 1903
  • Liptena gordoni
  • Durbania infima Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890
  • Pseuderesia bakeriana Cator, 1904

Kakumia otlauga, the western kakumia, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and possibly western Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ Kakumia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina