Pseudaletis zebra

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Zebra fantasy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pseudaletis
Species:
P. zebra
Binomial name
Pseudaletis zebra

Pseudaletis zebra, the zebra fantasy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies[edit]

  • Pseudaletis zebra zebra (Nigeria: west and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Pseudaletis zebra subangulata Talbot, 1935 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pseudaletis Druce, 1888" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-06-26.