Aloeides maluti: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Aloeides
- Species
- Aloeides maluti
- Scientific Name
- Aloeides maluti
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aloeides maluti
Aloeides maluti, the Maluti copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is mainly found in the high altitude alpine grassland of Lesotho, but also in neighbouring hills of the Free State and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa.
The wingspan is 21–26 mm for males and 23–27 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from December to February. There is one generation per year.
...Aloeides maluti in languages:
- English
- Maluti Copper
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Parent Taxon
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












