Euchrysops crawshayi

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.

Euchrysops crawshayi
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euchrysops
Species:
E. crawshayi
Binomial name
Euchrysops crawshayi
(Butler, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scolitantides crawshayi Butler, 1899
  • Scolitantides subdita Grose-Smith, 1901
  • Cupido crawshayanus Aurivillius, 1924

The larvae feed on Anchusa species, Cynoglossum coeruleum and Cynoglossum lanceolatum. They are attended by many species of ants, including Monomorium minutum var. pallipes.

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
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Wikispecies has information related to Euchrysops crawshayi.
  1. Euchrysops at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-11.


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