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Zeritis neriene

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Zeritis neriene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Zeritis
Species:
Z. neriene
Binomial name
Zeritis neriene
Synonyms
  • Cigaritis amine Butler, 1874
  • Zeritis neriene f. muzizii Bethune-Baker, 1924

Zeritis neriene, the checkered gem, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, southern Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, where it is found on sandy soils and open stony ground with short grass.

Adults feed from small, white, low-growing flowers.

References

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  1. ^ Zeritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3)
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