Thermoniphas fontainei

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Thermoniphas fontainei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thermoniphas
Species:
T. fontainei
Binomial name
Thermoniphas fontainei
Stempffer, 1956 [1]

Thermoniphas fontainei is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Kinshasa, Equateur, Ituri, Tshopo, Sankuru, Lomami and Lualaba), Tanzania and Zambia. [2]

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References

  1. Thermoniphas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)