Pale Checkered Gem
- GBIF observations
- 25 GBIF
- iNaturalist observations
- 8 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
Description
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.
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Status
- COL status
- accepted
- Name status
- acceptable
- Nomenclatural code
- zoological
Specimens in the collection
Legacy synonyms
zeritis neriene
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid