| Catuna niji | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Catuna |
| Species: | C. niji |
| Binomial name | |
| Catuna niji Fox, 1965[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Catuna niji, or Fox's pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana, western Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Mayoumbe region).[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Manilkara, Englerophytum, Vincentella and Afrosersalisia species.
References
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- ↑ "Catuna Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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