Afriodinia caeca

Afriodinia caeca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Afriodinia
Species:
A. caeca
Binomial name
Afriodinia caeca
(Rebel, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Abisara talantus caeca Rebel, 1914
  • Abisara barnsi Joicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Abisara talantus semicaeca Riley, 1932

Afriodinia caeca is a butterfly and belongs to the genus Afriodinia in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] Its habitat consists of swamp forests.

Subspecies

  • Afriodinia caeca caeca (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri and Kivu, south-western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Afriodinia caeca semicaeca Riley, 1932 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Angola)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Afriodinia caeca.
  1. ^ Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-12.


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