Tumerepedes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Liptenini |
Genus: | Tumerepedes Bethune-Baker, 1913 |
Species: | T. flava
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Binomial name | |
Tumerepedes flava Bethune-Baker, 1913[1]
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Tumerepedes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm. It consists of only one species, Tumerepedes flava, the Nigerian buff, which is found in northern Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of riverine forests.
References
[edit]- ^ Tumerepedes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-18.