Stugeta marmoreus

Stugeta marmoreus
	Female from original description
	In Seitz
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Stugeta
Species:	S. marmoreus
Binomial name
	Stugeta marmoreus; (Butler, 1866)
Synonyms
	Aphnaeus marmoreus Butler, 1866; Stugeta olalae Stoneham, 1934;

Stugeta marmoreus, the marbled sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of Sudan savanna.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Ximenia americana, Ximenia afra and possibly Loranthus species. They are green with red spots.

Subspecies

Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus (Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, southern Sudan, north-western Uganda)
Stugeta marmoreus olalae Stoneham, 1934 (Uganda: Elgon area, Kenya: west to the southern and eastern slopes of Mount Elgon)