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Capys alphaeus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Capys alphaeus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Capys

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Capys, Aloeides, Chrysoritis

Capys alphaeus, the protea scarlet or orange-banded protea, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 31–40 mm for males and 32–47 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to April in two main generations.

The larvae feed on the flower buds of various Protea species, including P. cynaroides, P. roupelliae, P. subvestita, P. repens and P. grandiceps.

Subspecies

  • Capys alphaeus alphaeus (from the Cape Peninsula to the Kouebokkeveld Mountains and southern Namaqualand, the Western Cape and then to the Eastern Cape)
  • Capys alphaeus extentus Quickelberge, 1979 (from the Eastern Cape along the mountains to the eastern part of the Free State and the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Limpopo)

    • References

    Capys alphaeus Wikipedia
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