Hewitsonia kirbyi, the Kirby's tiger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Hewitsonia |
| Species: | H. kirbyi
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The larvae feed on lichen on the bark of trees.
Subspecies edit
- Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east of Lualaba, Zambia)
- Hewitsonia kirbyi preussi Staudinger, 1891 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Etymology edit
The name honours two entomologists William Chapman Hewitson and William Forsell Kirby.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hewitsonia kirbyi.
Wikispecies has information related to Hewitsonia kirbyi.
- ^ Hewitsonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina