Euchrysops mauensis

Euchrysops mauensis, the Mau blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of open grassland.

Euchrysops mauensis
Figure 13
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
E. mauensis
Binomial name
Euchrysops mauensis

Subspecies

  • Euchrysops mauensis mauensis (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu)
  • Euchrysops mauensis abyssiniae Storace, 1950 (Ethiopia)
gollark: There's prior context because they were in the channel, and I didn't know you were my friend now.
gollark: <@357932279231807488> utter metaapioiodotachyhazard.
gollark: <@402456897812168705> utter neoapioplutoideomnestocircumhazard.
gollark: I had mostly heard the term kugelblitz used to mean "contained black hole for power", you see.
gollark: Ball lightning is unrelated and apioformic.

References

  1. Euchrysops at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-12.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.