''Capys catharus'' is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda,
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Malawi,
Zambia and
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
.
The habitat consists of montane grassland.
The larvae feed on ''
Protea'' species, including ''
P. madiensis''. They burrow into the young unopened buds of their host plant.
Subspecies
*''Capys catharus catharus'' (Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, northern and eastern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba and Tanganika)
*''Capys catharus rileyi''
Stempffer, 1967 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya)
References
Butterflies described in 1932
Capys (butterfly)
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