Aslauga marshalli

Dusky purple
in Seitz c
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aslauga
Species:
A. marshalli
Binomial name
Aslauga marshalli
Butler, 1899
Synonyms
  • Aslauga purpurascens marginaria Talbot, 1937

Aslauga marshalli, the dusky purple, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and possibly Nigeria. The habitat consists of savanna, Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland, marshes and shallow lakes.

Adults have been recorded on wing year-round.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Aslauga at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Liphyrini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-12.