Stugeta bowkeri

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Bowker's sapphire
Bowker's Marbled Sapphire Stugeta bowkeri (8392955226), crop.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stugeta
Species:
S. bowkeri
Binomial name
Stugeta bowkeri
(Trimen, 1864) [1]
Synonyms
  • Iolaus bowkeriTrimen, 1864
  • Stugeta mariaSuffert, 1904
  • Iolaus (Stugeta) bowkeri albezaKoçak, 1996
  • Stugeta bowkeri f. caeruleaStempffer, 1947
  • Stugeta bowkeri f. mombasaeButler, 1901
  • Stugeta bowkeri var. nyanzanaWichgraf, 1911

Stugeta bowkeri, the Bowker's sapphire, Bowker's marbled sapphire or Bowker's tailed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of southern Africa.

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The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 29–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May, with peaks in October and March. [2]

Larvae of subspecies bowkeri and henningi feed on Viscum rotundifolium . Larvae of subspecies tearei have been recorded on Ximenia afra and X. americana , Viscum rotundifolium and Tapinanthus quinquangulus . Other recorded food plants include Loranthus species (including L. elegans and L. oleaefolius ) and other Tapinanthus and Ximenia species.

Subspecies

Etymology

The name honours the lepidopterist James Henry Bowker.

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References

  1. Iolaus 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.