Aslauga vininga
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Aslauga vininga, the central aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
Adults have been recorded on wing in March.
The larvae are carnivorous and have been found feeding on and and are associated with the ant species .
Subspecies[]
- Aslauga vininga vininga (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tshopo, Tshuapa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
- Aslauga vininga kiellandi Libert, 1997 (north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aslauga vininga. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Aslauga vininga. |
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Images representing Aslauga vininga at Barcodes of Life
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 f
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1875
- Aslauga
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Miletinae stubs