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Harpendyreus aequatorialis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Harpendyreus

Harpendyreus aequatorialis, the equatorial mountain blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of montane grassland and moorland.

Subspecies

  • Harpendyreus aequatorialis aequatorialis (Kenya)
  • Harpendyreus aequatorialis vulcanica (Joicey & Talbot, 1924) (Tanzania: north to the highlands, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ruwenzori Mountains)

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