Aslauga marshalli

Aslauga marshalli, the dusky purple, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and possibly Nigeria.^[2] The habitat consists of savanna, Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland, marshes and shallow lakes.

Dusky purple
in Seitz c
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Aslauga
Species:	A. marshalli
Binomial name
Aslauga marshalli Butler, 1899[1]
Synonyms
Aslauga purpurascens marginaria Talbot, 1937

Adults have been recorded on wing year-round.

Subspecies

• Aslauga marshalli marshalli (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique: Dondo Forest, Zimbabwe: Harare)
• Aslauga marshalli adamaoua Libert, 1994 (Cameroon, possibly Nigeria)