Kakumia otlauga

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Kakumia otlauga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Kakumia
Species:
K. otlauga
Binomial name
Kakumia otlauga
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890) [1]
Synonyms
  • Durbania otlaugaGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1890
  • Pseuderesia gordoniDruce, 1903
  • Liptena gordoni
  • Durbania infimaGrose-Smith and Kirby, 1890
  • Pseuderesia bakerianaCator, 1904

Kakumia otlauga, the western kakumia, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and possibly western Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. Kakumia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina". Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2012-10-04.