Cacyreus lingeus

Bush bronze
male and female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cacyreus
Species:
C. lingeus
Binomial name
Cacyreus lingeus
(Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
  • Papilio lingeus Stoll, [1782]
  • Papilio ericus Fabricius, 1793
  • Cupido lingeus var. ciliaris Aurivillius, 1910

Cacyreus lingeus, the common bush blue or bush bronze, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. As with other Cacyreus species it is endemic to the Afrotropics.