Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Deloneura immaculata Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Deloneura Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Lepidochrysops hypopolia, Butterflies and moths, Neduba extincta, Laysan noctuid moth, Midway noctuid moth | ||
Deloneura immaculata, the Mbashe River buff, is a possibly extinct species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is assumed to be (or to have been) endemic to the densely forested Mbhashe River area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Searches subsequent to its discovery however failed to yield any trace of it.
Only three female specimens have ever been collected, all by Colonel James Henry Bowker, in 1863-64. The specimens are held in the South African Museum in Cape Town, and the Natural History Museum in London.
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