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Myrina dermaptera (Lesser fig-tree bue, Scarce fig-tree blue)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Theclinae > Tribe: Amblypodini > Genus: Myrina

Myrina dermaptera (Lesser fig-tree bue, Scarce fig-tree blue) Myrina dermaptera (Lesser fig-tree bue, Scarce fig-tree blue)

Myrina dermaptera (Lesser fig-tree bue, Scarce fig-tree blue) female, Shongweni. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Myrina dermaptera (Lesser fig-tree bue, Scarce fig-tree blue) male, Delville Wood. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]