Cnodontes vansomereni

Cnodontes vansomereni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cnodontes
Species: C. vansomereni
Binomial name
Cnodontes vansomereni
Stempffer & Bennett, 1953[1]

Cnodontes vansomereni, the Van Someren's buff, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia (from Lusaka northwards), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba and Haut-Shaba) and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of deciduous woodland, thorn-bush and Brachystegia woodland.

References

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


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