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Trimenia wallengrenii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Trimenia wallengrenii

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Trimenia

Rank
  
Species

Trimenia wallengrenii, the Wallengren's copper or Wallengren's silver-spotted copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa.

The wingspan is 24–35 mm for males and 29–42 mm females. Adults are on wing from November to December. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies

  • Trimenia wallengrenii wallengrenii (near Darling in the Western Cape)
  • Trimenia wallengrenii gonnemoi Ball, 1994 (upper slopes of the Piketberg in the Western Cape)

    • References

    Trimenia wallengrenii Wikipedia
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