''Megalopalpus metaleucus'', the large harvester, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Liberia
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,
Ivory Coast
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,
Ghana,
Togo,
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo
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, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe, Mongala, Uele, Equateur and Sankuru) and
Uganda.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Miletina]
/ref> The habitat consists of forests.
References
External links
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65
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Butterflies described in 1893
Miletinae
Butterflies of Africa
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