Eicochrysops eicotrochilus

Eicochrysops eicotrochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Eicochrysops
Species: E. eicotrochilus
Binomial name
Eicochrysops eicotrochilus
Bethune-Baker, 1924[1]

Eicochrysops eicotrochilus, the brachystegia blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (South Kivu, Shaba and Lualaba), Angola, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Harare District).[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing from October to February.

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