| Torbenia wojtusiaki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Torbenia |
| Species: | T. wojtusiaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Torbenia wojtusiaki Libert, 2000 [1] | |
Torbenia wojtusiaki, the Wojtusiak's glasswing, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria. [2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on Marantochloa shoots. [2]
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