Megalopalpus metaleucus

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Megalopalpus metaleucus
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Megalopalpus metaleucus in Seitz (f)
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M. metaleucus
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Megalopalpus metaleucus
Karsch, 1893 [1]

Megalopalpus metaleucus, the large harvester, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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