Lepidochrysops braueri

Brauer's blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. braueri
Binomial name
Lepidochrysops braueri Dickson, 1966[1]

Lepidochrysops braueri, the Brauer's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it found in fynbos on the Swartberg range from the Eastern Cape to Seweweekspoort and Klein Swartberg in the Western Cape. It is also found on the Rooiberg.

The wingspan is 33–37 mm for males and 34–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January. There is one generation per year.^[2]

References

1. Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.