''Zeritis sorhagenii'', the scarce gem, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Angola, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the southern part of the country to Lualaba and Shaba),
Zambia (
Lake Bangweulu
Bangweulu — 'where the water sky meets the sky' — is one of the world's great wetland systems, comprising Lake Bangweulu, the Bangweulu Swamps and the Bangweulu Flats or floodplain.Camerapix: ''Spectrum Guide to Zambia.'' Camerapix Internation ...
),
Zimbabwe (the north-western part of the country and Kazungulu) and
Botswana.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3)]
/ref> The habitat consists of understorey grass in open '' Brachystegia'' woodland.
Adults are on wing from December to April.
References
Butterflies described in 1879
Aphnaeinae
Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz
Butterflies of Africa
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