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 â western Kenya
- Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis <small>Libert & Collins, 2001</small> â 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 <small>Stempffer, 1951</small> â Kenya: central part to the area east of the Rift Valley
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