Aethiopana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The single species, Aethiopana honorius, the acraea blue, is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Aethiopana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Poritiinae
Genus: Aethiopana
Bethune-Baker, 1915
Species:
A. honorius
Binomial name
Aethiopana honorius
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio honorius Fabricius, 1793
  • Epitola teresa Hewitson, 1869
  • Epitola honorius ab. coarctata Hulstaert, 1924
  • Epitola divisa Butler, 1901

Larvae were found on Crematogaster-infested tree bark. The larvae are brown, very hairy and moth like.

Subspecies

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  • Aethiopana honorius honorius (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Aethiopana honorius divisa (Butler, 1901) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: west of the Niger River)

References

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  1. ^ Aethiopana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-18.