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Lepidochrysops kocak
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Lepidochrysops kocak

Lepidochrysops kocak, the giant blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland in hilly terrain.

Adults feed from flowers.

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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 672438.