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, 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 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.

Subspecies

Euchrysops albistriata albistriata (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi d'Abrera, 1980 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)

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