Euchrysops albistriata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euchrysops |
| Species: | E. albistriata |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)[1] | |
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Euchrysops albistriata, Capronnier’s Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, Guinea savanna, Sudan savanna and disturbed areas in the forest zone.
Subspecies
- Euchrysops albistriata albistriata (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
- Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi d'Abrera, 1980 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)
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- ↑ Euchrysops, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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