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Lepidochrysops loveni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lepidochrysops

Similar
  
Lepidochrysops, Euchrysops, Polyommatini, Polyommatinae

Lepidochrysops loveni is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Zambia and possibly Malawi and Angola. The habitat consists of open Brachystegia woodland at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,500 metres, as well as grass-topped low hill ranges.

Adults are on wing from October to December.

The larvae feed on Ocimum and Salvia species.

Subspecies

  • L. l. loveni (Uganada, western and central Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, north-western Tanzania, Zambia, possibly Malawi and Angola)
  • L. l. abyssiniensis (Strand, 1911) (Ethiopia)
  • L. l. kivuensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: northern Rift Valley to Kivu and the plains east of Lake Kivu and Lake Edward, Rwanda)
  • L. l. oculus (Ungemach, 1932) (Ethiopia)

    • References

    Lepidochrysops loveni Wikipedia
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