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Aslauga lamborni
Aslauga lamborni, the Lamborn's aslauga, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Stictococcus sjoestedti. They are associated with the ant species Crematogaster buchneri race winkleri.
From the article Aslauga lamborni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The name honours British government entomologist Dr. W.A. Lamborn, who worked in tropical Africa.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1476766.