Protogoniomorpha cytora

Protogoniomorpha cytora, the western blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin.^[2] The habitat consists of open spaces in primary forests and mature secondary forests.

Western blue beauty
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Protogoniomorpha
Species:	P. cytora
Binomial name
Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, [1847])[1]
Approximate range
Synonyms
Junonia cytora Doubleday, 1847 Salamis cytora

The larvae feed on Acanthaceae species.

Taxonomy

Protogoniomorpha cytora was first described as member of the genus Junonia, it was then reassigned to the genus Salamis. In the genus Salamis, P. cytora was considered to be a member of the Protogoniomorpha-group, and was moved accordingly into a separate genus following phylogenetic research, although findings point to a close relationship with the present genus Junonia.^[3]