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Lepidochrysops quassi (Karsch 1895)

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[Lepidochrysops quassi Karsch]
Polyommatus quassi Karsch, 1895: 305. Cupido quassi: H. H. Druce, 1910a: 19, 34;
pi. 8, figs. 3, 3a. Lepidochrysops quassi: Stempffer, 1952a: 188. Cupido negus Felder: Karsch, 1893: 226. = Catoclirysops phasma Butler, 1901a: 290. Farquharson et al., 1922: 392.
No Liberian specimens are known as yet but the species possibly could occur there. It is known from Togo east to Nigeria.
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Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA
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Lepidochrysops quassi

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Lepidochrysops quassi, the tailed blue giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] Its habitat consists of open areas in the forest zone.

Adults have been recorded on wing in August and September and from June to November.

The larvae feed on Solenostemon ocymoides and probably also on Ocimum species. They are associated with the ant species Camponotus maculatus.

Subspecies

  • Lepidochrysops quassi quassi – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria
  • Lepidochrysops quassi bernaudi Libert & Collins, 2001 – Cameroon

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  1. ^ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)
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Lepidochrysops quassi: Brief Summary

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Lepidochrysops quassi, the tailed blue giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon. Its habitat consists of open areas in the forest zone.

Adults have been recorded on wing in August and September and from June to November.

The larvae feed on Solenostemon ocymoides and probably also on Ocimum species. They are associated with the ant species Camponotus maculatus.

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