Congdonia duplex

Congdonia duplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Congdonia
Henning & Henning, 2004
Species: C. duplex
Binomial name
Congdonia duplex
Henning & Henning, 2004[1]

Congdonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It contains only one species, Congdonia duplex, which is found in south-eastern Tanzania (the genus is endemic to the Afrotropics).[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Adults have been recorded on wing in February.

References

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


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