Megalopalpus metaleucus, the large harvester, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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| Megalopalpus metaleucus in Seitz (f) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Megalopalpus |
| Species: | M. metaleucus
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| Megalopalpus metaleucus | |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Megalopalpus metaleucus.
Wikispecies has information related to Megalopalpus metaleucus.
- ^ Megalopalpus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Miletina
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