Stugeta marmoreus

Stugeta marmoreus, the marbled sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna.

Stugeta marmoreus
Female from original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Stugeta
Species:
S. marmoreus
Binomial name
Stugeta marmoreus
(Butler, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphnaeus marmoreus Butler, 1866
  • Stugeta olalae Stoneham, 1934

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Ximenia americana, Ximenia caffra and possibly Loranthus species. They are green with red spots.

Subspecies
  • Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus (Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, southern Sudan, north-western Uganda)
  • Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934 (Uganda: Elgon area, Kenya: west to the southern and eastern slopes of Mount Elgon)

References
  1. Stugeta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina


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