Biology:Euchrysops nilotica

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euchrysops nilotica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euchrysops
Species:
E. nilotica
Binomial name
Euchrysops nilotica
(Aurivillius, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cupido malathana var. nilotica Aurivillius, 1904

Euchrysops nilotica, the desert blue or milky bean Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of arid Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5406024 entry