Cupidesthes arescopa, the green ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Green ciliate blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupidesthes |
Species: | C. arescopa
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Binomial name | |
Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910[1]
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on the leaves of Thea sinensis.
Subspecies
edit- Cupidesthes arescopa arescopa (southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, possibly western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis (Stempffer, 1962) (Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Sankuru and Lualaba)
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Cupidesthes arescopa.
Wikispecies has information related to Cupidesthes arescopa.
- ^ Cupidesthes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-11.