Congdonia Duplex
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''Congdonia'' is a genus of
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family Lycaenidae. It contains only one species, ''Congdonia duplex'', which is found in south-eastern Tanzania (the genus is endemic to the
Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
). Its habitat consists of montane forests. Adults have been recorded on wing in February.


References

Endemic fauna of Tanzania Butterflies described in 2004 Poritiinae Monotypic butterfly genera {{Poritiinae-stub