Biology:Eicochrysops dudgeoni
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Eicochrysops dudgeoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Eicochrysops |
| Species: | E. dudgeoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929[1]
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Eicochrysops dudgeoni, the Dudgeon's Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea (Nimba Range), Sierra Leone, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.
Males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eicochrysops dudgeoni. |
- ↑ Eicochrysops at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q5348747 entry
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