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Larinopoda eurema

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Larinopoda eurema
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L. eurema
Binomial name
Larinopoda eurema
(Plötz, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phytala eurema Plötz, 1880
  • Larinopoda varipes Kirby, 1887
  • Liptena libussa Staudinger, 1888

Larinopoda eurema, the western pierid blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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