Euchrysops nilotica explained

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.^[1] — 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.^[2] The habitat consists of arid Sudanian Savanna and the Sahel.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1) . 2012-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213021126/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc . 2013-12-13 . dead .
2. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.