Stugeta carpenteri

Stugeta carpenteri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Stugeta
Species:	S. carpenteri
Binomial name
Stugeta carpenteri Stempffer, 1946[1]

Stugeta carpenteri, the Carpenter's sapphire, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Oncocalyx fischeri and Emelianthe panganensis.

It is named for Hale Carpenter.^[3]

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1. ^ Stugeta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
3. ^ Henri Stempffer. 1946. Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune Éthiopienne. Revue Française d'Entomologie XIII(1): 8-19.

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