Lepidochrysops glauca

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Silvery blue
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Lepidochrysops glauca, male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Lepidochrysops
Species:
L. glauca
Binomial name
Lepidochrysops glauca
(Trimen, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena glaucaTrimen, 1887
  • Cupido glauca
  • Catochrysops glauca
  • Neochrysops glauca
  • Lepidochrysops glauca var. swinburneiStevenson, 1939

Lepidochrysops glauca, the silvery blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. 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 .

Lepidochrysops glauca glauca, female, upper side Lepidochrysops glauca glauca, female, upper side.jpg
Lepidochrysops glauca glauca, female, upper side
Lepidochrysops glauca glauca, female, underside Lepidochrysops glauca glauca, female.jpg
Lepidochrysops glauca glauca, female, underside

Subspecies

Range: Gabon, DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
Range: Zimbabwe

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References

  1. Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.