Eresiomera bicolor

Eresiomera bicolor
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Eresiomera
Species: E. bicolor
Binomial name
Eresiomera bicolor
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseuderesia bicolor Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890

Eresiomera bicolor, the western pearly, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on flower nectar from extrafloral nectaries.

References

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  1. Eresiomera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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