''Anthene lyzanius'', the black-patches, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Sierra Leone,
Liberia
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,
Ivory Coast
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,
Ghana,
Nigeria (south and the
Cross River loop),
Cameroon,
Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo
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and northern
Angola.
The larvae have been found on the young shoots of an unidentified plant and are associated with the ant species ''
Pheidole rotundata''.
References
Butterflies described in 1874
lyzanius
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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