Protogoniomorpha cytora
| Western blue beauty | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Protogoniomorpha |
| Species: | P. cytora
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| Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, [1847])[1]
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Approximate range
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Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin.[2] The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.
The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.
Taxonomy[edit]
Protogoniomorpha cytora was first described as member of the genus Junonia, it was then reassigned to the genus Salamis. In the genus Salamis, P. cytora was considered to be a member of the Protogoniomorpha-group, and was moved accordingly into a separate genus following phylogenetic research, although findings point to a close relationship with the present genus Junonia.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Protogoniomorpha, here treated as a synonym of Salamis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ Wahlberg, Niklas; Brower, Andrew V. Z.; Nylin, Sören (October 2005). "Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (2): 227ff. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x.
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