Myrina dermaptera

Species of butterfly

Myrina dermaptera

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Lycaenidae

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Myrina

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M. dermaptera

Binomial name
Myrina dermaptera

(Wallengren, 1857)[1]

Synonyms

* Loxura dermaptera Wallengren, 1857

Myrina dermaptera, the lesser fig-tree blue or scarce fig-tree blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabia and northern Oman.

The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 30–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with strong peaks in November and from April to June.[2]

The larvae feed on Ficus species, including F. sur, F. thonningii and F. natalensis.

Female at uMhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal

## Subspecies[edit]

* Myrina dermaptera dermaptera (Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga and Limpopo, southern Mozambique)
* Myrina dermaptera nyassae Talbot, 1935 (Zimbabwe, Malawi, eastern Tanzania to Kenya (Nairobi))

## References[edit]

1. ^ Myrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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## External links[edit]

* Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66 f

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6948240
* Wikispecies: Myrina dermaptera
* BioLib: 1165328
* CoL: 458K4
* EoL: 258446
* GBIF: 5139188
* iNaturalist: 566696
* IRMNG: 10615949
* IUCN: 162638637
* LepIndex: 196962

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