Euchrysops nilotica
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| Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)[1]
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Euchrysops nilotica, the Desert Blue or Milky Bean Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of arid Sudan savanna and the Sahel.
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- ^ Euchrysops, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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