Capys stuarti

Capys stuarti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Capys
Species: C. stuarti
Binomial name
Capys stuarti
Collins & Larsen, 2000[1]

Capys stuarti, the Kaduna Protea Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of lowland Guinea savanna.

Adults are on wing in February.

The larvae feed on Protea madiensis.

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