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Cacyreus audeoudi

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Cacyreus audeoudi
in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cacyreus
Species:
C. audeoudi
Binomial name
Cacyreus audeoudi

Cacyreus audeoudi, the Audeoud's blue or bright bush blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mongala, Uele, Ituri, Kivu, Tshopo, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and forest-savanna areas.

References

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  1. ^ Cacyreus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-09.