Toxochitona gerda

Toxochitona gerda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Toxochitona
Species:	T. gerda
Binomial name
	Toxochitona gerda; (Kirby, 1890) [1]
Synonyms
	Durbania gerdaKirby, 1890; Eresina gerda var. unicolorAurivillius, 1899; Eresina bitjensisBethune-Baker, 1926;

Last updated March 15, 2019

Toxochitona gerda, the Gerda's buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kwilu), Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers, and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies. Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was about 56 million years ago.

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.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.

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References

↑ Toxochitona at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina

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[1] Toxochitona at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina