Cupidesthes lithas
Species of butterfly
Cupidesthes lithas | |
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In Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupidesthes |
Species: | C. lithas |
Binomial name | |
Cupidesthes lithas (H. H. Druce, 1890)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Cupidesthes lithas, the Volta ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Équateur, Kinshasa, Kasai and Lualaba) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
References
- Media related to Cupidesthes lithas at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Cupidesthes lithas at Wikispecies
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