Pseudaletis leonis
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| Species: | P. leonis
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| Pseudaletis leonis (Staudinger, 1888)[1]
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Pseudaletis leonis, the West African fantasy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are thought to be mimics of the day-flying moth Nyctemera apicalis.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Pseudaletis leonis.
- ^ Pseudaletis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1)
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