Eicochrysops dudgeoni

Eicochrysops dudgeoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Eicochrysops
Species: E. dudgeoni
Binomial name
Eicochrysops dudgeoni
Riley, 1929[1]

Eicochrysops dudgeoni, the Dudgeon's Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea (Nimba Range), Sierra Leone, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of Guinea savanna.

Males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers.

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