Lepidochrysops victoriae

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

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)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena victoriae Karsch, 1895
  • Cupido victoriae
  • Neochrysops victoriae
  • Catochrysops acholi Bethune-Baker, 1906

Range and habitat

It is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the DRCongo, South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya.[2] 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
  1. Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)


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