Biology:Cupidesthes lithas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cupidesthes lithas
Volta ciliate blue (Cupidesthes lithas) female underside.jpg
In Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cupidesthes
Species:
C. lithas
Binomial name
Cupidesthes lithas
(H. H. Druce, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaenesthes lithas H. H. Druce, 1890
  • Lycaenesthes voltae Sharpe, 1890
  • Lycaenesthes voltae var. gabunica Aurivillius, 1899

Cupidesthes lithas, the Volta ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Équateur, Kinshasa, Kasai and Lualaba) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5194521 entry