''Larinopoda lagyra'', the white pierid blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
/ref> The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

*''Larinopoda lagyra lagyra'' (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru) *''Larinopoda lagyra reducta'' Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)

References

Butterflies described in 1866 Poritiinae Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Poritiinae-stub