Axiocerses tjoane

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Eastern scarlet
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species:
A. tjoane
Binomial name
Axiocerses tjoane
(Wallengren, 1857) [2]
Synonyms
  • Chrysorychia tjoaneWallengren, 1857

Axiocerses tjoane, the eastern scarlet, common scarlet or scarlet butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in East and southern Africa.

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Description and habits

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 25–34 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Acacia (including A. abyssinica , A. polyacantha subsp. campylacantha and A. sieberiana var. woodii), Peltophorum africanum and Brachystegia species (all legumes).

Subspecies

Range: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, central and eastern Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces
Range: south-eastern DRC to north-western Zambia

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References

  1. Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Axiocerses tjoane". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T162640004A162640009. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T162640004A162640009.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms