Euchrysops mauensis

Euchrysops mauensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euchrysops
Species:	E. mauensis
Binomial name
Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923[1]

Euchrysops mauensis, the Mau Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu).^[2] The habitat consists of open grassland.

Subspecies

• Euchrysops mauensis mauensis (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu)
• Euchrysops mauensis abyssiniae Storace, 1950 (Ethiopia)

References

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