Aethiopana
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Aethiopana
Bethune-Baker, 1915
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A. honorius
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Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
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Aethiopana is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics.The single member (species), Aethiopana honorius, the Acraea Blue, is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Larvae were found on Crematogaster-infested tree-bark. The larvae are brown, very hairy and moth-like.
Subspecies
- Aethiopana honorius honorius (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
- Aethiopana honorius divisa (Butler, 1901) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: west of the Niger River)
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