''Stugeta carpenteri'', the Carpenter's sapphire, is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

. It is found in eastern

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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
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Oncocalyx fischeri ''Oncocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَ� ...

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Emelianthe panganensis ''Emelianthe'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody pla ...

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Etymology

It is named for Hale Carpenter.

Henri Stempffer Henri Stempffer (23 January 1894 – 1 November 1978) was a French entomologist who specialized in the study of Lycaenidae butterflies. Biography Stempffer was born on 23 January 1894 in Paris, at 19 rue de Charonne.Luquet (G. Chr.), 2004. Notes ...

. 1946. Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune Éthiopienne. ''Revue Française d'Entomologie'' XIII(1): 8-19.

References

Butterflies described in 1946 Iolaini {{Theclinae-stub