''Larinopoda lircaea'', the cream pierid blue, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (east and the
Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa and Kinshasa), Sudan and Uganda.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina]
/ref> The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to extrafloral nectaries
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollination, pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to anim ...
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References
Butterflies described in 1866
Poritiinae
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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