Chilades eleusis

Sky-blue Cupid
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chilades
Species:	C. eleusis
Binomial name
	Chilades eleusis; (Demaison, 1888)
Synonyms
	Euchrysops eleusis Mabille, 1890; Lycaena podorina Mabille, 1890; Lycaena pharaonis Staudinger, 1894; Euchrysops nigeriae Sharpe, 1902; Cupido eleusis f. strigatus Aurivillius, 1925;

Chilades eleusis, the sky-blue Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan and Egypt.^[2] The habitat consists of dry habitats, Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.

Adults feed from low-growing flowers.

The larvae feed on Acacia species.

References

^ Chilades at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-15.

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