Myrina dermaptera
| Myrina dermaptera | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Myrina |
| Species: | M. dermaptera |
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| Myrina dermaptera (Wallengren, 1857)[1] | |
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Myrina dermaptera, the lesser fig-tree blue or scarce fig-tree blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabia and northern Oman.
The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 30–38 mm for females. Adults are on year-round with strong peaks in November and from April to June.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus species, including F. sur, F. thonningii and F. natalensis.
Subspecies
- Myrina dermaptera dermaptera (Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga and Limpopo, southern Mozambique)
- Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935 (Zimbabwe, Malawi, eastern Tanzania to Kenya (Nairobi))
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