''Euliphyra hewitsoni'', the western moth butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal,

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, Sierra Leone,

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, Ghana, southern Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests. Adults have a moth-like flight. The larvae live in the nests of ants of the genus '' Oecophylla'' and feed on ant regurgitations and/or ant brood. The name honours William Chapman Hewitson.

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65
''d'' Butterflies described in 1899 Miletinae Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius {{Miletinae-stub