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Lepidochrysops victoriae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lepidochrysops

Lepidochrysops victoriae

Lepidochrysops victoriae, the Victoria blue or Lake Victoria giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna.

Subspecies

  • Lepidochrysops victoriae victoriae (western Kenya)
  • Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001 (Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)
  • Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereni Stempffer, 1951 (Kenya: central part to the area east of the Rift Valley)

    • References

    Lepidochrysops victoriae Wikipedia
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