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Lepidochrysops lotana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Lepidochrysops lotana

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lepidochrysops

Rank
  
Species

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Lepidochrysops lotana, the Lotana blue, is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from two localities in the Limpopo province, the western slope of the Ysterberg and from Moria to Serala Forest in the Wolkberg area.

The wingspan is 42–44 mm for males and 42–46 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to early November. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Becium grandiflorum.

References

Lepidochrysops lotana Wikipedia