Larinopoda lagyra

Larinopoda lagyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Larinopoda
Species:	L. lagyra
Binomial name
Larinopoda lagyra (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
Liptena lagyra Hewitson, 1866 Larinopoda lara Staudinger, 1892 Larinopoda emilia Suffert, 1904 Larinopoda lagyra gyrala Suffert, 1904 Larinopoda emilia ab. punctata Druce, 1910 Larinopoda lagyra emilia ab. deficiens Dufrane, 1953

Larinopoda lagyra, the white pierid blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Larinopoda lagyra lagyra (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, North Kivu, Tshuapa, Equateur and Sankuru)
• Larinopoda lagyra reducta Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)

References

1. Larinopoda at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina