Aloeides mullini

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Mullin's copper
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aloeides
Species:
A. mullini
Binomial name
Aloeides mullini
Henning & Henning, 1996 [2]

Aloeides mullini, the Mullin's copper, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe. [3] The habitat consists of montane grassland.

Both sexes feed from flowers. They have been recorded from late August to late September.

References

  1. ↑ Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Aloeides mullini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T159944A5344838. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T159944A5344838.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-04.


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