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.

Volta ciliate blue
In Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cupidesthes
Species:	C. lithas
Binomial name
Cupidesthes lithas (H. H. Druce, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Lycaenesthes lithas H. H. Druce, 1890 Lycaenesthes voltae Sharpe, 1890 Lycaenesthes voltae var. gabunica Aurivillius, 1899

References

1. Savela, Markku (December 11, 2016). "Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Lycaenesthini". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2012-09-12.

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