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Msasa Giant Cupid
Lepidochrysops longifalces
Lepidochrysops longifalces, the msasa blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The habitat consists of grassy glades in msasa-dominated savanna and rocky hills in deciduous woodland.
Adults are on wing from January to March and have also been recorded in October and April.
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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 672440.