Species

Dapidodigma hymen

Insects

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Nature Atlas. "Dapidodigma hymen." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/dapidodigma-hymen.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Dapidodigma hymen. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/dapidodigma-hymen

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-dapidodigma-hymen,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Dapidodigma hymen},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/dapidodigma-hymen},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

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.

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Dapidodigma hymen (Wikipedia)

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