Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Chilades | |
Similar Chilades contracta, Chilades parrhasius, Chilades galba, Chilades lajus, Chilades | ||
Chilades eleusis, the sky-blue Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan and Egypt. The habitat consists of dry habitats, Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.
Adults feed from low-growing flowers.
The larvae feed on Acacia species.
References
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