Lepidochrysops victoriae

Victoria blue
male and wing undersides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. victoriae
Binomial name
Lepidochrysops victoriae (Karsch, 1895) [1]
Synonyms
Lycaena victoriaeKarsch, 1895 Cupido victoriae Neochrysops victoriae Catochrysops acholiBethune-Baker, 1906

Lepidochrysops victoriae, the Victoria blue or Lake Victoria giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Range and habitat

It is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the DR Congo, South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. ^[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Subspecies

• Lepidochrysops victoriae victoriae — western Kenya
• Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalisLibert & Collins, 2001 — Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda
• Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereniStempffer, 1951 — Kenya: central part to the area east of the Rift Valley

References

1. Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)