Aloeides

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Theclinae Scientific name Aloeides Higher classification Aphnaeini Order Butterflies and moths		Family Lycaenidae Tribe Aphnaeini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus

Lower classifications Aloeides gowani, Aloeides pierus

Aloeides, commonly called coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. Most can be found in South Africa (49 species), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya (8 species).

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Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.

The "thyra" species group:

Aloeides apicalis Tite & Dickson, 1968 – pointed copper

Aloeides arida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – arid copper

Aloeides bamptoni Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's copper

Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's copper

Aloeides caledoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon copper

Aloeides clarki Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega copper

Aloeides dentatis (Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort copper

Aloeides depicta Tite & Dickson, 1968 – depicta copper

Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal copper

Aloeides egerides Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill copper

Aloeides gowani Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's copper

Aloeides juana Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana copper

Aloeides kaplani Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's copper

Aloeides lutescens Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester copper

Aloeides margaretae Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's copper

Aloeides nollothi Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's copper

Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas copper

Aloeides pallida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – giant copper

Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's copper

Aloeides pringlei Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's copper

Aloeides quickelbergei Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's copper

Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's copper

Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893) – dune copper

Aloeides thyra (Linnaeus, 1764) – red copper

Aloeides vansoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's copper

unnamed species group A:

Aloeides almeida (C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida copper

Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda copper

Aloeides barklyi (Trimen, 1874) – Barkly's copper

Aloeides conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907) – Conrad's copper

Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891) – Damara copper

Aloeides griseus Riley, 1921

Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's copper

Aloeides macmasteri Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's copper

Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870) – molomo copper

Aloeides pierus (Cramer, [1779]) – dull copper

Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Plowes' copper

Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's copper

Aloeides susanae Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's copper

Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's copper

Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) – dusky copper

Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's copper

unnamed species group B:

Aloeides angolensis Tite & Dickson, 1973

Aloeides argenteus Henning & Henning, 1994 – silvery copper

Aloeides barbarae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's copper

Aloeides caffrariae Henning, 1987 – border copper

Aloeides carolynnae Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's copper

Aloeides dicksoni Henning, 1987 – Diskson's copper

Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983 – Maluti copper

Aloeides mbuluensis Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu copper

Aloeides merces Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom copper

Aloeides monticola Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg copper

Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996 – Mullin's copper

Aloeides namibiensis Henning & Henning, 1994 – Namibia copper

Aloeides nubilus Henning & Henning, 1982 – cloud copper

Aloeides rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's copper

Aloeides tearei Henning & Henning, 1982 – Teare's copper

Aloeides titei Henning, 1987 – Tite's copper

References

Aloeides Wikipedia

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