Lepidochrysops victoriae

Victoria blue
	male and wing undersides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. victoriae
Binomial name
	Lepidochrysops victoriae; (Karsch, 1895)
Synonyms
	Lycaena victoriae Karsch, 1895; Cupido victoriae; Neochrysops victoriae; Catochrysops acholi Bethune-Baker, 1906;

Lepidochrysops victoriae, the Victoria blue or Lake Victoria giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Range and habitat[]

It is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the DR Congo, South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

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

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