Citrinophila tenera

Citrinophila tenera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Citrinophila
Species: C. tenera
Binomial name
Citrinophila tenera
(Kirby, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teriomima tenera Kirby, 1887
  • Citrinophila limbata Kirby, 1887

Citrinophila tenera, the medium yellow, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mongala, Uele, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).[2] Their habitat consists of forests.

A pupa of this species was found on the bark of the trunk of Hevea brasiliensis.

References

  1. ↑ Citrinophila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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