Dapidodigma hymen
Species of butterfly
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Dapidodigma hymen, the western virgin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River Loop) and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests and scrubland.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Dapidodigma |
| Species: | D. hymen |
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| Dapidodigma hymen | |
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The larvae possibly feed on Alchornea species, a plant usually colonized by tailor ants of the genus Oecophylla.
