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Tuxentius cretosus
Subspecies
[
Tuxentius
] cretosus nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)
-
anomalogramma
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
14
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
583
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
646
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
SUD
:
Centered on the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel, extending south as vagrants/migrants
SUD
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWE
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to East Africa north of the Equator or just south thereof (mainly savannah species)
WWE
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Rhamnaceae
- Ziziphus
Rhamnaceae
- Ziziphus
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)