''Eicochrysops'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islan ...
.
Species
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Eicochrysops antoto''
(Strand, 1911)
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Eicochrysops damiri''
Turlin, 1995
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Eicochrysops distractus''
(de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
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Eicochrysops dudgeoni
''Eicochrysops dudgeoni'', the Dudgeon's Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea (Nimba Range), Sierra Leone, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon. The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.
Males mud-puddle
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Riley, 1929
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Eicochrysops eicotrochilus''
Bethune-Baker, 1924
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Eicochrysops fontainei''
Stempffer, 1961
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Eicochrysops hippocrates
''Eicochrysops hippocrates'', the white-tipped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa, south of the Sahara, including Madagascar. In South Africa it is found from the East Cape along the KwaZulu-Natal coast to E ...
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(Fabricius, 1793)
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Eicochrysops masai''
(Bethune-Baker, 1905)
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Eicochrysops meryamae''
Rougeot, 1983
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Eicochrysops messapus''
(Godart, 824
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Events
By place
Europe
* November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...
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Eicochrysops pauliani''
Stempffer, 1950
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Eicochrysops pinheyi''
Heath, 1985
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Eicochrysops rogersi''
Bethune-Baker, 1924
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Eicochrysops sanguigutta''
(Mabille, 1879)
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Eicochrysops sanyere
''Eicochrysops sanyere'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country ...
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Libert, 1993
References
External links
''Eicochrysops''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Royal Museum of Central AfricaImages
Lycaenidae genera
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