Larinopoda lagyra

Larinopoda lagyra, the white pierid blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.

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

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


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