''Pseudaletis agrippina'', the Agrippina's fantasy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. The species was
first described by
Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1888. It is found in
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Ghana,
Togo,
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Angola, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Sudan
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,
Uganda and
Tanzania.
Its habitat consists of forests.
Adults
mimic day-flying moths of the genus ''
Scopula''.
Subspecies
*''Pseudaletis agrippina agrippina'' (Ghana: Volta Region, Togo, Nigeria: south and the
Cross River loop, Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
*''Pseudaletis agrippina warrengashi''
Libert, 2007 (Ivory Coast)
(named in honour of
Haydon Warren-Gash)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''h''
Butterflies described in 1888
Pseudaletis
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Hamilton Herbert Druce
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