Aslauga imitans

Aslauga imitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Aslauga
Species:	A. imitans
Binomial name
	Aslauga imitans; Libert, 1994

Last updated October 30, 2026

Aslauga imitans, the imitating aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), western Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Pania Forest).

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. This species is #124.^[2] The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.^[3]

References

↑ Aslauga at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 36. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[1] Aslauga at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 36. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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