Harpendyreus marungensis
| Harpendyreus marungensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Harpendyreus |
| Species: | H. marungensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpendyreus marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)[1] | |
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Harpendyreus marungensis, the central mountain blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland, moist savanna and the edges of roads in forests.
Subspecies
- Harpendyreus marungensis marungensis (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Tanganika, south-western Tanzania)
- Harpendyreus marungensis mangalisae Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Mpapwa district and north of the Ruaha Gorge)
- Harpendyreus marungensis wollastoni (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (Uganda, Rwanda, western Kenya)
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- ↑ Harpendyreus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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