Aloeides lutescens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Aloeides
- Species
- Aloeides lutescens
- Scientific Name
- Aloeides lutescens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aloeides lutescens
Aloeides lutescens, the Worcester copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from sandy flats along the Breede River in the Worcester area and the Robertson Karoo in the West Cape.
The wingspan is 25–28 mm for males and 27–33 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to December and again from January to March in two generations per year.
The larvae probably feed on Aspalathus species.
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- Aloeides apicalis
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- 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