Aloeides egerides: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Aloeides
- Species
- Aloeides egerides
- Scientific Name
- Aloeides egerides
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aloeides egerides
Aloeides egerides, the Red Hill copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from coastal fynbos in the Western Cape and Karwyderskraal near Hermanus on the southern coast.
The wingspan is 21–24 mm for males and 22–26 mm females. Adults are on wing from October to December, with a peak in November and from January to April, with a peak in March. There are two generations per year.
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Sibling Taxa
- Aloeides almeida
- Aloeides angolensis
- Aloeides apicalis
- Aloeides aranda
- Aloeides argenteus
- Aloeides arida
- Aloeides bamptoni
- Aloeides barbarae
- Aloeides barklyi
- Aloeides braueri
- Aloeides caffrariae
- Aloeides caledoni
- Aloeides carolynnae
- Aloeides clarki
- Aloeides damarensis
- Aloeides dentatis
- Aloeides depicta
- Aloeides dicksoni
- Aloeides dryas
- Aloeides egerides
- Aloeides gowani
- Aloeides griseus
- Aloeides henningi
- Aloeides juana
- Aloeides kaplani
- Aloeides lutescens
- Aloeides macmasteri
- Aloeides maluti
- Aloeides margaretae
- Aloeides mbuluensis
- Aloeides merces
- Aloeides molomo
- Aloeides monticola
- Aloeides mullini
- Aloeides namibiensis
- Aloeides nollothi
- Aloeides nubilus
- Aloeides oreas
- Aloeides pallida
- Aloeides penningtoni
- Aloeides pierus
- Aloeides plowesi
- Aloeides pringlei
- Aloeides quickelbergei
- Aloeides rileyi
- Aloeides rossouwi
- Aloeides simplex
- Aloeides stevensoni
- Aloeides susanae
- Aloeides swanepoeli
- Aloeides taikosama
- Aloeides tearei
- Aloeides thyra
- Aloeides titei
- Aloeides trimeni
- Aloeides vansoni