Cupidesthes lithas
Cupidesthes lithas, the Volta ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Équateur, Kinshasa, Kasai and Lualaba) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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- Savela, Markku (December 11, 2016). "Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
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