Euchrysops crawshayi

Euchrysops crawshayi, Crawshay's blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Euchrysops crawshayi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euchrysops
Species:	E. crawshayi
Binomial name
Euchrysops crawshayi (Butler, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
Scolitantides crawshayi Butler, 1899 Scolitantides subdita Grose-Smith, 1901 Cupido crawshayanus Aurivillius, 1924

The larvae feed on Anchusa species, Cynoglossum coeruleum and Cynoglossum lanceolatum. They are attended by many species of ants, including Monomorium minutum var. pallipes.

Subspecies

• Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, southern Sudan)
• Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967 (Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to South Kivu, north-western Tanzania)