Phlyaria

{{Short description|Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}

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| image = PhlyariaCyaraUpUnHew1876AC1.jpg

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| taxon = Phlyaria cyara

| parent_authority = Karsch, 1895

| authority = (Hewitson, 1876)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/phlyaria/index.html Phlyaria] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

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  • Lycaena cyara Hewitson, 1876
  • Phlyaria stactalla Karsch, 1895
  • Cupido cyara var. tenuimarginata Grünberg, 1908

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Phlyaria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, consisting of only one species, Phlyaria cyara, the pied blue, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1) |access-date=2012-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213021126/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc |archive-date=2013-12-13 |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on the young shoots of Albizia gummifera.

Subspecies

  • Phlyaria cyara cyara (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Sankuru, Lualaba)
  • Phlyaria cyara stactalla Karsch, 1895 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
  • Phlyaria cyara tenuimarginata (Grünberg, 1908) (Uganda, western and central Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Ituri and North Kivu, western Tanzania)

References

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  • [https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n153/mode/2up Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 72]

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Category:Polyommatini

Category:Monotypic butterfly genera

Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch

Category:Lycaenidae genera

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