Euchrysops nilotica

Euchrysops nilotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euchrysops
Species: E. nilotica
Binomial name
Euchrysops nilotica
(Aurivillius, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cupido malathana var. nilotica Aurivillius, 1904

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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