Dapidodigma hymen
Dapidodigma hymen | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Dapidodigma |
Species: | D. hymen |
Binomial name | |
Dapidodigma hymen (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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Dapidodigma hymen, the Western Virgin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River Loop) and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests and scrubland.
The larvae possibly feed on Alchornea species, a plant usually colonized by tailor ants of the Oecophylla genus.
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