Biology:Cupidesthes lithas
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Cupidesthes lithas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cupidesthes |
| Species: | C. lithas
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| Binomial name | |
| Cupidesthes lithas (H. H. Druce, 1890)[1]
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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
- ↑ Savela, Markku (December 11, 2016). "Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/cupidesthes/#lithas.
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_lycaenesthini.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q5194521 entry
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