Zeritis neriene

Zeritis neriene, the checkered gem, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, southern Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, where it is found on sandy soils and open stony ground with short grass.

Zeritis neriene
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Z. neriene
Binomial name
Zeritis neriene
Boisduval, 1836[1]
Synonyms
  • Cigaritis amine Butler, 1874
  • Zeritis neriene f. muzizii Bethune-Baker, 1924

Adults feed from small, white, low-growing flowers.

References

  1. Zeritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3)


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