Aloeides vansoni: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Aloeides
- Species
- Aloeides vansoni
- Scientific Name
- Aloeides vansoni
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aloeides vansoni
Aloeides vansoni, the Van Son's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the Western Cape, then across the Great Karoo and Roggeveld escarpment, south along the north side of the Swartberg and nearby mountains to the Eastern Cape.
The wingspan is 27–32 mm for males and 29–35 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to January with a peak in December. There is one generation per year.
...Aloeides vansoni in languages:
- English
- Van Son's copper
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Aloeides angolensis
- 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

















