# Eicochrysops

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***Eicochrysops*** is a genus of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). It is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the [Afrotropics](/source/Afrotropical_realm).[1]

## Species

- *[Eicochrysops antoto](/source/Eicochrysops_antoto)* (Strand, 1911)
- *[Eicochrysops damiri](/source/Eicochrysops_damiri)* Turlin, 1995
- *[Eicochrysops distractus](/source/Eicochrysops_distractus)* (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)
- *[Eicochrysops dudgeoni](/source/Eicochrysops_dudgeoni)* Riley, 1929
- *[Eicochrysops eicotrochilus](/source/Eicochrysops_eicotrochilus)* Bethune-Baker, 1924
- *[Eicochrysops fontainei](/source/Eicochrysops_fontainei)* Stempffer, 1961
- *[Eicochrysops hippocrates](/source/Eicochrysops_hippocrates)* (Fabricius, 1793)
- *[Eicochrysops masai](/source/Eicochrysops_masai)* (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
- *[Eicochrysops meryamae](/source/Eicochrysops_meryamae)* Rougeot, 1983
- *[Eicochrysops messapus](/source/Eicochrysops_messapus)* (Godart, [1824])
- *[Eicochrysops pauliani](/source/Eicochrysops_pauliani)* Stempffer, 1950
- *[Eicochrysops pinheyi](/source/Eicochrysops_pinheyi)* Heath, 1985
- *[Eicochrysops rogersi](/source/Eicochrysops_rogersi)* Bethune-Baker, 1924
- *[Eicochrysops sanguigutta](/source/Eicochrysops_sanguigutta)* (Mabille, 1879)
- *[Eicochrysops sanyere](/source/Eicochrysops_sanyere)* Libert, 1993

## References

1. Woodhall, Steve (2005). *Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa*. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

## External links

- [*Eicochrysops*](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/eicochrysops/index.html) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*
- [Royal Museum of Central Africa](http://www.metafro.be/lepidoptera) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121031050318/http://www.metafro.be/lepidoptera) 2012-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Images

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