Teratoneura congoensis

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Teratoneura congoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Teratoneura
Species:
T. congoensis
Binomial name
Teratoneura congoensis
Stempffer, 1954 [1]
Synonyms
  • Teratoneura isabellae congoensisStempffer, 1954

Teratoneura congoensis, the eastern Isabella, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur, Tshuapa, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, north-western Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Cameroon. [2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland.

Adults are on wing in November and December.

The larvae are associated with an ant species of the genus Crematogaster . This ant was found living in burrows in dead wood.

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References

  1. Teratoneura at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina