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Hewitsonia kirbyi

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Hewitsonia kirbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hewitsonia
Species:
H. kirbyi
Binomial name
Hewitsonia kirbyi
Dewitz, 1879[1]
Synonyms
  • Hewitsonia preussi Staudinger, 1891
  • Hewitsonia gomensis Dufrane, 1953
  • Hewitsonia kirbyi sankuru Berger, 1981

Hewitsonia kirbyi, the Kirby's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on lichen on the bark of trees.

Subspecies

  • Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east of Lualaba, Zambia)
  • Hewitsonia kirbyi preussi Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Etymology

The name honours two entomologists William Chapman Hewitson and William Forsell Kirby.

References

  1. ^ Hewitsonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina


This page was last edited on 27 May 2023, at 00:54
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