• Source: Tuxentius carana

Tuxentius carana, the forest pied Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic and the DRC. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud-puddle.




Subspecies


Tuxentius carana carana – Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tuxentius carana kontu (Karsch, 1893) – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Tuxentius carana
• Tuxentius
• List of butterflies of Gabon
• List of least concern arthropods
• List of butterflies of Nigeria
• List of butterflies of Angola
• List of butterflies of Ghana
• List of least concern insects
• List of butterflies of the Central African Republic
• List of butterflies of Sierra Leone