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Euchrysops mauensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euchrysops

Euchrysops mauensis

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)
  • References

    Euchrysops mauensis Wikipedia