Euchrysops reducta

Euchrysops reducta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euchrysops
Species: E. reducta
Binomial name
Euchrysops reducta
Hulstaert, 1924[1]
Synonyms
  • Euchrysops kalrosae reducta Hulstaert, 1924
  • Euchrysops reducta niveocincta Ungemach, 1932
  • Euchrysops jacksoni Stempffer, 1952

Euchrysops reducta, Jackson’s Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna and the southern edges of the Sudan savanna.

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