Lepidochrysops polydialecta information

Lepidochrysops polydialecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. polydialecta
Binomial name
	Lepidochrysops polydialecta; (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
Synonyms
	Neochrysops polydialecta Bethune-Baker, [1923];

Lepidochrysops polydialecta, the lilac giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern Senegal, Mali, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lomami), northern and eastern Kenya, Somalia and possibly Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of rocky areas in dry savanna and the Sahel.

Adults have been recorded on wing in May, July, August and September. They often hatch shortly after fires have swept through their colonial habitat.

The larvae probably feed on Ocimum species

^ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)

[1] Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)

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List of butterflies of Sudan and South Sudan

List of butterflies of Somalia

List of butterflies of Niger

List of butterflies of Mali

List of butterflies of Cameroon

List of butterflies of Kenya

List of butterflies of Somaliland

List of butterflies of Nigeria

List of butterflies of Senegal

List of butterflies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

List of butterflies of Uganda