| Stugeta occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Stugeta |
| Species: | S. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stugeta occidentalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stugeta occidentalis, the western marbled sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone. [2] The habitat consists of savanna.
The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants, and most known species feed on Hemiptera, though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.
The Iolaini are a tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Stugeta bowkeri, the Bowker's sapphire, Bowker's marbled sapphire or Bowker's tailed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of southern Africa.
Stugeta subinfuscata, the dusky sapphire, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa.
Lycaena dione, the grey copper or great copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1868. It is found from the southern Prairie provinces of Canada and western Ontario south to Texas and east to Illinois and Missouri. There is a disjunct population in southern British Columbia. A remnant population was found in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, as of the summer of 2004.
Stugeta carpenteri, the Carpenter's sapphire, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Kenya. The habitat consists of arid savanna.
Pilodeudorix diyllus, the green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.
Aphnaeus chapini is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Lepidochrysops victoriae, the Victoria blue or Lake Victoria giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
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. The habitat consists of Sudan savanna.
Stugeta mimetica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1916. It is found in Tanzania.
Stugeta somalina is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henri Stempffer in 1946. It is found in Somalia and northern Kenya.
Epitola uranoides, the Libert's giant epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its habitat consists of forests.
Hewitsonia occidentalis, the western tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.
Ornipholidotos jacksoni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Liptena occidentalis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Eresiomera isca, the common pearly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests and swamp forests.
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