Dapidodigma hymen, the western virgin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found across a broad swath of West Africa, including Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, and western Cameroon, where its habitat consists of forest and scrubland. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Dapidodigma hymen (Wikipedia)
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It is found across a broad swath of West Africa, including Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, and western Cameroon, where its habitat consists of forest and scrubland.
2. Wikipedia: Dapidodigma hymen
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