Cyana farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Nudariina (subtribe)/  Cyana (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Bethune-Baker, 1922)
Citation:	Chionaema farquharsoni sp. n.
Original genus:	Chionaema
Publication:	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1922. Description of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly Lycaenidae from Southern Nigeria, and one from Damba Island, Victoria Nyanza.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1921
Issue:	3–4
Pagination:	464
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14786376

Cyana farquharsoni (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cyana farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)	Holotype	♀	OUMNH	Holotype ♀, type no LEP 2557, OUMNH.	Nigeria	Nigeria S, W of Ibadan, Moor Plantation, 1916–1917, leg. C. O. Farquharson.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cyana farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)	Nigeria		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1922. Description of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly Lycaenidae from Southern Nigeria, and one from Damba Island, Victoria Nyanza. page 464

Plant note:

See info on the cocoon in H. Eltringham (1922: 488).

Eltringham H. 1922. On the larvae and pupae of Lepidoptera, chiefly Lycaenidae, collected by C. O. Farquharson, W. A. Lamborn, and the Rev. Canon K. St. A. Rogers.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Cyana farquharsoni (Bethune-Baker, 1922)	Alstonia congensis	Apocynaceae	Nigeria	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1922. Description of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly Lycaenidae from Southern Nigeria, and one from Damba Island, Victoria Nyanza. page 464

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Cyana farquharsoni (1)

Cyana farquharsoni (2)

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