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Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker
Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker. 1910: 9; pi. 1, fig. 2, pi. 4, fig. 2. Stempffer and Bennett, 1956: 511.
This species ranges from Liberia through Nigeria to southern Cameroon and eastward to Uganda (subspecies orientalis Stempffer). Our two Liberian females differ markedly from Cameroon and Nigerian females in lacking white lunules in the tornal area of the terminal brown border of the hindwing above and in having a thin sharp fuscous line closing the cell of each wing.
Liberia: Kpain, I; Yamein, I, II; Zor, VIII; Kitoma, VIII (Stempffer and Bennett, 1956); no further data, 1 9 (Good); Wanau Forest, 1 9, X (Fox).
- bibliographic citation
- 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
Cupidesthes arescopa: Brief Summary
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Cupidesthes arescopa, the green ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Thea sinensis.
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