Axiocerses amanga

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Bush scarlet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species:
A. amanga
Binomial name
Axiocerses amanga
(Westwood, 1881) [2]
Synonyms
  • Zeritis amangaWestwood, 1881
  • Axiocerses baumiWeymer, 1901
  • Chrysorychia mendecheGrose-Smith, 1889
  • Axiocerses mendeche var. borealisAurivillius, 1905

Axiocerses amanga, the bush scarlet, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Contents

The wingspan is 24–28 mm for males and 25–30 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round in South Africa.

The larvae feed on Acacia species, Ximenia americana and X. caffra . They are associated with the ant species Camponotus niveosetosus .

Subspecies

Range: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, south-eastern DRC, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa, where it is present in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
Range: Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon
Range: Angola, Namibia

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References

  1. Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Axiocerses amanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T162641022A162641072. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T162641022A162641072.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms