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''Axiocerses harpax'', the Common Scarlet, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 3) )〕 The habitat consists of forests, woodland and savanna. The length of the forewings is 15.5-17.2 mm for males and 14.5-18.5 mm for females. Both sexes are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on ''Acacia drepanolobium'' and ''Acacia stenocarpa''. They are associated with ants of the ''Crematogaster'' and ''Pheidole'' genera. They live under the bark of their host plant and are gregarious. ==Subspecies== *''Axiocerses harpax harpax'' (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria) *''Axiocerses harpax efulena'' Clench, 1963 (southern Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo) *''Axiocerses harpax kadugli'' Talbot, 1935 (Senegal, Mali, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman: Dhofar) *''Axiocerses harpax ugandana'' Clench, 1963 (south-eastern Central African Republic, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Axiocerses harpax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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