Pseudaletis agrippina explained

Pseudaletis agrippina, the Agrippina's fantasy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1888. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.^[1] Its habitat consists of forests.

Adults mimic day-flying moths of the genus Scopula.

Subspecies

• Pseudaletis agrippina agrippina (Ghana: Volta Region, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Pseudaletis agrippina warrengashi Libert, 2007 (Ivory Coast)
  (named in honour of Haydon Warren-Gash)

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66 h

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 1) . 2012-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083848/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_aphnaeini_1.doc . 2014-08-19 . dead .