Euchrysops
Encyclopedia
Euchrysops is a genus of butterfly
in the family Lycaenidae
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
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Species
- Euchrysops abyssinica (Aurivillius, 1922)
- Euchrysops acholi (Bethune-Baker)
- Euchrysops alberta (Butler, 1901)
- Euchrysops albistriatus (Capronnier, 1889)
- Euchrysops banyo Libert, 2001
- Euchrysops barkeriEuchrysops barkeriBarker’s Smoky Blue or Barker's Cupid is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and from Sierra Leone to Tanzania. In South Africa it is found from the East Cape along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and in the Limpopo Province.The wingspan is 26-32 mm for...
(Trimen, 1893) - Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
- Euchrysops cnejusEuchrysops cnejusThe Gram Blue is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Description:Male upperside: pale purplish suffused with a bluish shade, apparent only in certain lights. Fore wing: a slender black anticiliary line edged on the inner side narrowly with fuscous dark...
(Fabricius, 1798) - Euchrysops crawshayi (Butler, 1899)
- Euchrysops cyclopteris (Butler, 1876)
- Euchrysops decaryi Stempffer, 1947
- Euchrysops dolorosaEuchrysops dolorosaThe Sabi Smoky Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern part of the Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Limpopo Province, and the North West Province.The wingspan is 22-26 mm for males and 23-29 mm for females...
(Trimen & Bowker, 1887) - Euchrysops jacksoni Stempffer, 1952
- Euchrysops horus (Stoneham, 1938)
- Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Euchrysops katangae Bethune-Baker, 1923
- Euchrysops leucyanea (Hewitson)
- Euchrysops lois (Butler, 1886)
- Euchrysops malathanaEuchrysops malathanaThe Common Smoky Blue or Smoky Bean Cupid is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in south-western Arabia and Africa, south of the Sahara including Madagascar....
(Boisduval, 1833) - Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
- Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946
- Euchrysops nandensis (Neave, 1904)
- Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)
- Euchrysops osirisEuchrysops osirisThe Osiris Smoky Blue or African Cupid is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Arabia, Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and Africa, south of the Sahara....
(Hopffer, 1855) - Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
- Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
- Euchrysops sagba Libert, 1993
- Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
- Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
- Euchrysops subpallidaEuchrysops subpallidaThe Ashen Smoky Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya, from Tanzania to Malawi, Zambia, southern Zaire , Zimbabwe and South Africa. In South Africa it is rare and only known from the northern part of the Limpopo Province and northern KwaZulu-Natal.The wingspan is 23-25...
Bethune-Baker, 1923 - Euchrysops unigemmata (Butler, 1895)