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Triclema nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905)

- lydia (Hulstaert, 1924)

Adult morphologyWingspan10
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)556
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)631
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWN:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending only to the Niger River or western Cameroun
WWN

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Dichrostachys, Oviposition (associated with Crematogaster ants)

  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Dichrostachys (Oviposition (associated with Crematogaster ants))

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011