Hewitsonia ugandae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshopo and Tshuapa) and western Uganda.[2]

Hewitsonia ugandae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hewitsonia
Species:
H. ugandae
Binomial name
Hewitsonia ugandae
Synonyms
  • Hewitsonia similis ugandae Jackson, 1962

Subspecies

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  • Hewitsonia ugandae ugandae (Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa), western Uganda)
  • Hewitsonia ugandae jolyana Bouyer, 1997 (Cameroon, Gabon)

References

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  1. ^ Hewitsonia 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 2012-09-19.