Euchrysops mauensis
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| authority = Bethune-Baker, 1923[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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Euchrysops mauensis, the Mau blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1) |access-date=2012-07-12 |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 open grassland.
Subspecies
- Euchrysops mauensis mauensis (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu)
- Euchrysops mauensis abyssiniae Storace, 1950 (Ethiopia)
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Category:Butterflies described in 1923
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