| Aslauga imitans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aslauga |
| Species: | A. imitans |
| Binomial name | |
| Aslauga imitans Libert, 1994 [1] | |
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). [2]
Aslauga is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are associated with other insects and found only in the Afrotropical realm. They are small usually grey-blue or grey-purple butterflies with a distinctive, but widely varied wing shape, especially pronounced in A. pandora. They are forest butterflies of the Congolian forests and Lower Guinean forests.
Aslauga atrophifurca, the Zimbabwe purple, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of savanna.
Aslauga bella, the large blue aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Aslauga aura is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1913. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Aslauga bouyeri is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and Tanzania.
Aslauga ernesti, the western egumbia, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.
Aslauga febe is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Aslauga guineensis, the Guinea aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea.
Aslauga kallimoides, the imitating aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur).
Aslauga vininga, the central aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.
Aslauga karamoja is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda.
Aslauga lamborni, the Lamborn's aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. The habitat consists of primary forests.
Aslauga marginalis, the western aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria and possibly western Cameroon. The habitat consists of open spaces in forests and on forest edges.
Aslauga marshalli, the dusky purple, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and possibly Nigeria. The habitat consists of savanna, Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland, marshes and shallow lakes.
Aslauga modesta is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Aslauga orientalis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania and in Zambia.
Aslauga prouvosti, the Prouvost's aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and western and north-western Tanzania.
Aslauga tanga is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania.
Aslauga satyroides is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Aslauga purpurascens is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
