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Cupidesthes arescopa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cupidesthes

Cupidesthes arescopa

Cupidesthes arescopa, the green ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Thea sinensis.

Subspecies

  • Cupidesthes arescopa arescopa (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, possibly western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962) (Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Sankuru and Lualaba)

    • References

    Cupidesthes arescopa Wikipedia
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