Larinopoda lagyra

Larinopoda lagyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Larinopoda
Species:	L. lagyra
Binomial name
Larinopoda lagyra (Hewitson, 1866) [1]
Synonyms
Liptena lagyraHewitson, 1866 Larinopoda laraStaudinger, 1892 Larinopoda emiliaSuffert, 1904 Larinopoda lagyra gyralaSuffert, 1904 Larinopoda emilia ab. punctataDruce, 1910 Larinopoda lagyra emilia ab. deficiensDufrane, 1953

Larinopoda lagyra, the white pierid blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Larinopoda lagyra lagyra (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)
• Larinopoda lagyra reductaBerger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)

References

1. Larinopoda 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 2012-10-08.