Eresiomera bicolor
Eresiomera bicolor, the western pearly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Eresiomera bicolor | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Eresiomera |
| Species: | E. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Eresiomera bicolor | |
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Adults feed on flower nectar from extrafloral nectaries.
References
- Eresiomera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
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