Cupidesthes lithas
| Cupidesthes lithas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cupidesthes |
| Species: | C. lithas |
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| Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)[1] | |
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Cupidesthes lithas, the Volta ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Equateur, Kinshasa, Kasai and Lualaba) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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- ↑ Cupidesthes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini
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