Euchrysops crawshayi
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Euchrysops |
Species: | E. crawshayi
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Binomial name | |
Euchrysops crawshayi | |
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Euchrysops crawshayi, Crawshay's blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.
The larvae feed on Anchusa species, and Cynoglossum lanceolatum. They feed on the fleshy outer cortex of the main tap root of the host plant, always below ground. They are attended by many species of ants, including Monomorium .
Subspecies[]
- Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, southern Sudan)
- Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967 (Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to South Kivu, north-western Tanzania)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euchrysops crawshayi. |
Wikispecies has information related to Euchrysops crawshayi. |
- ^ Euchrysops at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1899
- Euchrysops
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
- Polyommatini stubs