Euchrysops albistriata

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]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena albistriata Capronnier, 1889
  • Euchrysops albistriatus
  • Cupido latrunculata Grünberg, 1910

Euchrysops albistriata, the 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 the 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.

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