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Cynandra opis (Drury, [1773])

Subspecies

  • [Cynandra] opis opis (Drury, [1773])
    - afer (Drury, 1782)
    - aethiopa (Fabricius, 1793)

Adult morphologyWingspan27
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)954
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)426
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
WEF:
Centered on the evergreen forest types (including upland evergreen in Ghana and Nimba)
WEF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Melastomataceae
    - Dissotis

  • Melastomataceae
    - Dissotis

Records


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