Zeritis neriene, the checkered gem, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, southern Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, and western Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna, where it is found on sandy soils and open stony ground with short grass.
Adults feed from small, white, low-growing flowers.
Zeritis neriene, the checkered gem, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, southern Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, and western Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna, where it is found on sandy soils and open stony ground with short grass.
Adults feed from small, white, low-growing flowers.
Zeritis neriene is een vlinder uit de familie van de Lycaenidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1836 door Boisduval.
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