Eicochrysops dudgeoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Eicochrysops |
Species: | E. dudgeoni |
Binomial name | |
Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929 [1] | |
Eicochrysops dudgeoni, the Dudgeon's Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea (Nimba Range), Sierra Leone, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon. [2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.
Males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers.
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