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Capys stuarti

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Species of butterfly

Capys stuarti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Capys
Species: C. stuarti
Binomial name
Capys stuarti
Collins & Larsen, 2000

Capys stuarti, the Kaduna protea playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria. The habitat consists of lowland Guinea savanna.

Adults are on wing in February.

The larvae feed on Protea madiensis.

References

  1. "Capys Hewitson, 1865" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
Taxon identifiers
Capys stuarti


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