Euchrysops albistriata

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| taxon = Euchrysops albistriata

| authority = (Capronnier, 1889)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/euchrysops/index.html Euchrysops] at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

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  • Lycaena albistriata Capronnier, 1889
  • Euchrysops albistriatus
  • Cupido latrunculata Grünberg, 1910

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Euchrysops albistriata, the Capronnier's Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1) |access-date=2012-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213021126/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc |archive-date=2013-12-13 |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of forests, Guinea savanna, Sudan savanna and disturbed areas in the forest zone.

Subspecies

  • Euchrysops albistriata albistriata (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
  • Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi d'Abrera, 1980 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)

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