Euchrysops nilotica

Euchrysops nilotica, the desert blue or milky bean Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.^[2]— nilotica differs from the similar Euchrysops malathana in the light, softly greyish-blue or silvery grey colouring of the upper surface and in the paler under surface.^[3]

Euchrysops nilotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euchrysops
Species:	E. nilotica
Binomial name
Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
Cupido malathana var. nilotica Aurivillius, 1904

The habitat consists of arid Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.