Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Argyraspodes argyraspis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species A. argyraspis Rank Genus | |
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Similar Chloroselas, Erikssonia, Axiocerses, Aphnaeus, Aloeides | ||
Argyraspodes is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic containing only the species Argyraspodes argyraspis, the warrior silver-spotted copper, which is found in South Africa, in the Western and Eastern Cape, Free State and Northern Cape.
The wingspan is 32–38 mm for males and 35–45 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to March and sometimes from July to April.
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