Eicochrysops
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Eicochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Afrotropics.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- USNM, MZLU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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Eicochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Afrotropics.
==Species== Eicochrysops antoto (Strand, 1911) Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995 Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913) Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929 Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924 Eicochrysops fontainei Stempffer, 1961 Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793) Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905) Eicochrysops meryamae Rougeot, 1983 Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, [1824]) Eicochrysops pauliani Stempffer, 1950 Eicochrysops pinheyi Heath, 1985 Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924 Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879) Eicochrysops sanyere Libert, 1993
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