Biology:Chilades eleusis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Chilades eleusis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chilades
Species:
C. eleusis
Binomial name
Chilades eleusis
(Demaison, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euchrysops eleusis Mabille, 1890
  • Lycaena podorina Mabille, 1890
  • Lycaena pharaonis Staudinger, 1894
  • Euchrysops nigeriae Sharpe, 1902
  • Cupido eleusis f. strigatus Aurivillius, 1925

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

  1. ↑ Chilades at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5097556 entry




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