Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euchrysops | |
Similar Euchrysops malathana, Euchrysops, Lepidochrysops, Polyommatini, Polyommatinae | ||
Euchrysops nilotica, the desert blue or milky bean Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya. The habitat consists of arid Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.
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