Protogoniomorpha cytora

Western blue beauty
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Protogoniomorpha
Species: P. cytora
Binomial name
Protogoniomorpha cytora
(Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Junonia cytora Doubleday, 1847
  • Salamis cytora

Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin.[2] The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.

The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.

References

  1. ↑ Protogoniomorpha, here treated as a synonym of Salamis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini


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