Lepidochrysops glauca
| Silvery blue | |
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| Lepidochrysops glauca, male | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
| Species: | L. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidochrysops glauca | |
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Lepidochrysops glauca, the silvery blue or African silvery blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the African tropics to South Africa. It should not be confused with Glaucopsyche lygdamus which is also sometimes called "silvery blue".
The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 38–48 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from September to December and from January to April. There are two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Ocimum canum and Lantana rugosa.
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Subspecies
- Lepidochrysops glauca glauca
- Range: Gabon, DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
- Lepidochrysops glauca swinburnei Stevenson, 1939
- Range: Zimbabwe
References
- ↑ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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