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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
| Species: | L. victoriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidochrysops victoriae (Karsch, 1895) | |
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Lepidochrysops victoriae, the Victoria blue or Lake Victoria giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Range and habitat
It is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the DR Congo, South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna.
Subspecies
- Lepidochrysops victoriae victoriae — western Kenya
- Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Collins, 2001 — Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda
- Lepidochrysops victoriae vansomereni Stempffer, 1951 — Kenya: central part to the area east of the Rift Valley
References
- Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)
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| Lepidochrysops victoriae | |
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