Euchrysops crawshayi
Euchrysops crawshayi, Crawshay's blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.
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The larvae feed on Anchusa species, Cynoglossum coeruleum and Cynoglossum lanceolatum. They feed on the fleshy outer cortex of the main tap root of the host plant, always below ground. They are attended by many species of ants, including Monomorium minutum var. pallipes.
Subspecies
- Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, southern Sudan)
- Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967 (Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to South Kivu, north-western Tanzania)
gollark: For if you do leave, you shall come back to enter the raffle or something.
gollark: *you cannot escape*
gollark: You can never stop checking the cave. It will remain with you always.
gollark: They are treated with care, lots of incubates, names, and getting shipped off to the trade hub if I don't want them.
gollark: I try to not mistreat my dragons, thank you.
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- Euchrysops at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
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