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.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland, marshes and shallow lakes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aslauga |
| Species: | A. marshalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Aslauga marshalli | |
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Adults have been recorded on wing year-round.
Subspecies edit
- Aslauga marshalli marshalli (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique: Dondo Forest, Zimbabwe: Harare)
- Aslauga marshalli adamaoua Libert, 1994 (Cameroon, possibly Nigeria)
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Aslauga marshalli.
- ^ Aslauga at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Liphyrini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-12.