| Stugeta marmoreus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Stugeta |
| Species: | S. marmoreus |
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| Stugeta marmoreus | |
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Stugeta marmoreus, the marbled sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. [2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna.
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Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Ximenia americana , Ximenia afra and possibly Loranthus species. They are green with red spots.