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Cupidesthes
Cupidesthes is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The genus Cupidesthes was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1895.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cupidesthes gabunica
speciesCupidesthes gabunica

Cupidesthes lithas
speciesCupidesthes lithas

Cupidesthes ysobelae
speciesCupidesthes ysobelae
Salvatore's ciliate blue
speciesCupidesthes salvatoris
Cupidesthes michelae
speciesCupidesthes michelae
Cupidesthes henrii
speciesCupidesthes henrii
Cupidesthes hecqi
speciesCupidesthes hecqi
Cupidesthes amieti
speciesCupidesthes amieti
Cupidesthes abriana
speciesCupidesthes abriana
Cupidesthes cuprifascia
speciesCupidesthes cuprifascia
Cupidesthes caerulea
speciesCupidesthes caerulea
Cupidesthes robusta
speciesCupidesthes robusta
Cupidesthes paludicola
speciesCupidesthes paludicola
Cupidesthes vidua
speciesCupidesthes vidua
Cupidesthes mimetica
speciesCupidesthes mimetica
Cupidesthes hilarion
speciesCupidesthes hilarion
Cupidesthes jacksoni
speciesCupidesthes jacksoni
Cupidesthes paralithas
speciesCupidesthes paralithas
Cupidesthes albida
speciesCupidesthes albida
Cupidesthes thyrsis
speciesCupidesthes thyrsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cupidesthes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149056.