Tetrarhanis ilma
Species of butterfly
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Tetrarhanis ilma is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tetrarhanis |
| Species: | T. ilma |
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Subspecies
- T. i. ilma (Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mayumbe, Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru, Lualaba and Shaba)
- T. i. daltoni (Poulton, 1929) (south-western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- T. i. lathyi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Tanzania)
- T. i. ugandae (Stempffer, 1964) (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
