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Aphnaeus argyrocyclus
Aphnaeus argyrocyclus, the rare silver spot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (the eastern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Équateur, Tshopo and Maniema), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
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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 149204.