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Eicochrysops

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Also known as Cupids

Eicochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Afrotropics.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
USNM, MZLU, NHMUK
Recorded in
South Africa

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Polyommatini
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taxon name
Eicochrysops
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Eicochrysops
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Eicochrysops
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Encyclopedic overview

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Eicochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Afrotropics.

==Species== Eicochrysops antoto (Strand, 1911) Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995 Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913) Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929 Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924 Eicochrysops fontainei Stempffer, 1961 Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793) Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905) Eicochrysops meryamae Rougeot, 1983 Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, [1824]) Eicochrysops pauliani Stempffer, 1950 Eicochrysops pinheyi Heath, 1985 Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924 Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879) Eicochrysops sanyere Libert, 1993

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