Lepidochrysops glauca
| Silvery blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
| Species: | L. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidochrysops glauca (Trimen, 1887)[1] | |
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Lepidochrysops glauca, the silvery blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from the African tropics to South Africa.
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.
Subspecies
- Lepidochrysops glauca glauca
- Range: Gabon, DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
- Lepidochrysops glauca swinburnei Stevenson, 1939
- Range: Zimbabwe
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- ↑ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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