page_title: Lepidochrysops
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lepidochrysops / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Patrician blue in J Dobson's collection
context_page_description: Lepidochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members are found in the
  Afrotropical realm.
context_section_description: Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops abri Libert & Collins, 2001
  Lepidochrysops albilinea Tite, 1959
  Lepidochrysops anerius (Hulstaert, 1924)
  Lepidochrysops ansorgei Tite, 1959
  Lepidochrysops arabicus Gabriel, 1954
  Lepidochrysops asteris (Godart, [1824])
  Lepidochrysops auratus Quickelberge, 1979
  Lepidochrysops australis Tite, 1964
  Lepidochrysops azureus (Butler, 1879)
  Lepidochrysops bacchus Riley, 1938
  Lepidochrysops badhami van Son, 1956
  Lepidochrysops balli Dickson, 1985
  Lepidochrysops barnesi Pennington, 1953
  Lepidochrysops braueri Dickson, 1966
  Lepidochrysops budama Someren, 1957
  Lepidochrysops caerulea Tite, 1961
  Lepidochrysops carsoni (Butler, 1901)
  Lepidochrysops chala Kielland, 1980
  Lepidochrysops chalceus Quickelberge, 1979
  Lepidochrysops chittyi Henning & Henning, 1994
  Lepidochrysops chloauges (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
  Lepidochrysops cinerea (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops coxii Pinhey, 1945
  Lepidochrysops cupreus (Neave, 1910)
  Lepidochrysops delicata (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951
  Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops dukei Cottrell, 1965
  Lepidochrysops dunni Larsen & Collins, 2003
  Lepidochrysops elgonae Stempffer, 1950
  Lepidochrysops erici Gardiner, 2003
  Lepidochrysops evae Gardiner, 2003
  Lepidochrysops flavisquamosa Tite, 1959
  Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982
  Lepidochrysops fulvescens Tite, 1961
  Lepidochrysops fumosa (Butler, 1886)
  Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen, 1887)
  Lepidochrysops grahami (Trimen, 1893)
  Lepidochrysops grandis Talbot, 1937
  Lepidochrysops guichardi Gabriel, 1949
  Lepidochrysops gydoae Dickson & Wykeham, 1994
  Lepidochrysops handmani Quickelberge, 1980
  Lepidochrysops haveni Larsen, 1983
  Lepidochrysops hawkeri (Talbot, 1929)
  Lepidochrysops heathi Gardiner, 1998
  Lepidochrysops hypopolia (Trimen, 1887)
  Lepidochrysops ignota (Trimen, 1887)
  Lepidochrysops intermedia (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops inyangae Pinhey, 1945
  Lepidochrysops irvingi (Swanepoel, 1948)
  Lepidochrysops jacksoni van Someren, 1957
  Lepidochrysops jamesi Swanepoel, 1971
  Lepidochrysops jansei van Someren, 1957
  Lepidochrysops jefferyi (Swierstra, 1909)
  Lepidochrysops kennethi Kielland, 1986
  Lepidochrysops ketsi Cottrell, 1965
  Lepidochrysops kilimanjarensis (Strand, 1909)
  Lepidochrysops kitale (Stempffer, 1936)
  Lepidochrysops koaena (Strand, 1911)
  Lepidochrysops kocak Seven, 1997
  Lepidochrysops labeensis Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2000
  Lepidochrysops labwor van Someren, 1957
  Lepidochrysops lerothodi (Trimen, 1904)
  Lepidochrysops letsea (Trimen, 1870)
  Lepidochrysops leucon (Mabille, 1879)
  Lepidochrysops littoralis Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
  Lepidochrysops loewensteini (Swanepoel, 1951)
  Lepidochrysops longifalces Tite, 1961
  Lepidochrysops lotana Swanepoel, 1962
  Lepidochrysops loveni (Aurivillius, 1922)
  Lepidochrysops lukenia van Someren, 1957
  Lepidochrysops lunulifer (Ungemach, 1932)
  Lepidochrysops mashuna (Trimen, 1894)
  Lepidochrysops mcgregori Pennington, 1970
  Lepidochrysops methymna (Trimen, 1862)
  Lepidochrysops michaeli Gardiner, 2003
  Lepidochrysops michellae Henning & Henning, 1983
  Lepidochrysops miniata Gardiner, 2004
  Lepidochrysops mpanda Tite, 1961
  Lepidochrysops nacrescens Tite, 1961
  Lepidochrysops neavei (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops negus (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
  Lepidochrysops neonegus (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops nigritia Tite, 1959
  Lepidochrysops nyika Tite, 1961
  Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
  Lepidochrysops oreas Tite, 1964
  Lepidochrysops ortygia (Trimen, 1887)
  Lepidochrysops outeniqua Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
  Lepidochrysops pampolis (Druce, 1905)
  Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)
  Lepidochrysops patricia (Trimen, 1887)
  Lepidochrysops peculiaris (Rogenhofer, 1891)
  Lepidochrysops penningtoni Dickson, 1969
  Lepidochrysops pephredo (Trimen, 1889)
  Lepidochrysops phoebe Libert, 2001
  Lepidochrysops pittawayi Larsen, 1983
  Lepidochrysops plebeja (Butler, 1898)
  Lepidochrysops polydialecta (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
  Lepidochrysops poseidon Pringle, 1987
  Lepidochrysops praeterita Swanepoel, 1962
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caption: L. patricia
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