Cupidesthes leonina
| Cupidesthes leonina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cupidesthes |
| Species: | C. leonina |
| Binomial name | |
| Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)[1] | |
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Cupidesthes leonina, the Leonine Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.
Adults of both sexes have been found on the flowers of Eupatorium species.
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