Biology:Chilades eleusis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chilades |
| Species: | C. eleusis
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| Chilades eleusis (Demaison, 1888)[1]
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Chilades eleusis, the sky-blue Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan and Egypt.[2] The habitat consists of dry habitats, Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.
Adults feed from low-growing flowers.
The larvae feed on Acacia species.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chilades eleusis. |
- ↑ Chilades at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q5097556 entry
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