Lepidochrysops intermedia

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Lepidochrysops intermedia
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Figures 4 (male) and 5 (female)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lepidochrysops
Species:
L. intermedia
Binomial name
Lepidochrysops intermedia
Synonyms
  • Neochrysops intermedia Bethune-Baker, [1923]

Lepidochrysops intermedia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults have been recorded in November and December.

Subspecies[]

  • Lepidochrysops intermedia intermedia (Malawi, Mozambique)
  • Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954 (the border between Zambia and Malawi on the Nyika Plateau, Tanzania)

References[]

  1. ^ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 3)


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