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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Stugeta |
| Species: | S. marmoreus
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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
edit- 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
edit- ^ Stugeta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
External links
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