Dusky purple | |
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in Seitz c | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Aslauga |
Species: | A. marshalli
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Binomial name | |
Aslauga marshalli | |
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Aslauga marshalli, the dusky purple, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and possibly Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland, marshes and shallow lakes.
Adults have been recorded on wing year-round.
Subspecies
- Aslauga marshalli marshalli (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique: Dondo Forest, Zimbabwe: Harare)
- Aslauga marshalli adamaoua Libert, 1994 (Cameroon, possibly Nigeria)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Aslauga marshalli.
- ^ 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.