Euchrysops nilotica
| Euchrysops nilotica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euchrysops |
| Species: | E. nilotica |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)[1] | |
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Euchrysops nilotica, the Desert Blue or Milky Bean Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of arid Sudan savanna and the Sahel.
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- ↑ Euchrysops, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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