Aslauga lamborni
Aslauga lamborni, the Lamborn's aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
| Aslauga lamborni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aslauga |
| Species: | A. lamborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Aslauga lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1914[1] | |
The larvae feed on Stictococcus sjoestedti. They are associated with the ant species Crematogaster buchneri race winkleri.
Etymology
The name honours British government entomologist Dr. W.A. Lamborn, who worked in tropical Africa.[3]
External links
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aslauga lamborni.
Wikispecies has information related to Aslauga lamborni.
- Aslauga at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Liphyrini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
- Bethune-Baker, G.T. (1914). "Notes on the Lycaenidae collected by W. A. Lamborn in the Lagos district of West Africa with descriptions of new species". Appendix. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 499–503.
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