Euchrysops subpallida

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| image = TransEntSocLond1922PlateXII.jpg

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| taxon = Euchrysops subpallida

| 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 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

• Euchrysops subpallida var. major Bethune-Baker, 1923
• Euchrysops fescennia Hulstaert, 1924

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Euchrysops subpallida, the ashen smoky blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, from Tanzania to Malawi, Zambia, southern Zaire (Shaba), Zimbabwe and South Africa. In South Africa it is rare and only known from the northern part of the Limpopo province and northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is 23–25 mm for males and 24–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to February depending on rains. There is one generation per year.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

The larvae probably feed on Ocimum species.