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Iridana
Sign in to saveIridana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
Observations recorded249
吟灰蝶屬（學名：Iridana）是灰蝶科圓灰蝶亞科琳灰蝶族中的一個屬。物種罕見的分佈於非洲低地森林，翅膀色彩斑斕，會與螞蟻共生。
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Iridana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
The only known specimen of I. agneshorvathae was collected at light in Bia National Park in western Ghana from a dry semi-deciduous forest and is most likely a canopy species. It may or may not be endemic to the Ghana subregion of West Africa.
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