Euchrysops mauensis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euchrysops

Similar Euchrysops, Polyommatini, Polyommatinae

Euchrysops mauensis, the Mau blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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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