| Acorypha glaucopsis | |
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| Male Acorypha glaucopsis photographed near Bodjekali, Benin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Calliptaminae |
| Genus: | Acorypha |
| Species: | A. glaucopsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acorypha glaucopsis (Walker, 1870) | |
Acorypha glaucopsis is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. [1] [2]
It is eaten by the Dogon people of Mali. [3]
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