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Lepidochrysops oreas

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lepidochrysops

Lepidochrysops oreas, the peninsula blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it found in fynbos on the Swartberg range from the Eastern Cape to Seweweekspoort and Klein Swartberg in the Western Cape. It is also found on the Rooiberg.

The wingspan is 24–38 mm for males and 27–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to February. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Selago species, including Selago serrata. Third and later instar larvae feed on the brood of Camponotus ants.

Subspecies

  • Lepidochrysops oreas oreas (upper slopes of Cape Peninsula Mountains)
  • Lepidochrysops oreas junae Dickson, 1974 (mountains east of Cape Flats)
  • References

    Lepidochrysops oreas Wikipedia