Pseudonacaduba aethiops

Pseudonacaduba aethiops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pseudonacaduba
Species:	P. aethiops
Binomial name
	Pseudonacaduba aethiops; (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
	Lycaena aethiops Mabille, 1877; Lycaena melania Capronnier, 1889; Nacaduba stratola Holland, 1891;

Pseudonacaduba aethiops, the dark line blue or dark African line blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa from Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop) to western Kenya and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males visit damp patches to drink.

The larvae feed on Mundulea species.

References[]

^ Pseudonacaduba at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73

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[1] Pseudonacaduba at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

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Taxon identifiers
Pseudonacaduba aethiops	Wikidata: Q7255156 Wikispecies: Pseudonacaduba aethiops BOLD: 55219 GBIF: 1922681 iNaturalist: 733234 IRMNG: 11124853 LepIndex: 206294 NCBI: 689561
Lycaena aethiops	Wikidata: Q109585470 GBIF: 8329069