Lepidochrysops swanepoeli: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Lepidochrysops
- Species
- Lepidochrysops swanepoeli
- Scientific Name
- Lepidochrysops swanepoeli
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lepidochrysops swanepoeli
Lepidochrysops swanepoeli, the Swanepoel's blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in montane grassland in the hills above Fairview and the Sheba Mines in Mpumalanga. There is also a single record from northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 36–40 mm for males and 38–42 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to early December, with a peak in November. There is one extended generation per year.
The larvae feed on Becium grandiflorum.
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- Lepidochrysops chittyi
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- Lepidochrysops jamesi
- Lepidochrysops jefferyi
- Lepidochrysops kennethi
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- Lepidochrysops kitale
- Lepidochrysops koaena
- Lepidochrysops kocak
- Lepidochrysops labwor
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- Lepidochrysops letsea
- Lepidochrysops littoralis
- Lepidochrysops loewensteini
- Lepidochrysops longifalces
- Lepidochrysops lotana
- Lepidochrysops mashuna
- Lepidochrysops mcgregori
- Lepidochrysops methymna
- Lepidochrysops michellae
- Lepidochrysops mpanda
- Lepidochrysops nacrescens
- Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni
- Lepidochrysops oreas
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- Lepidochrysops peculiaris
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- Lepidochrysops solwezii
- Lepidochrysops southeyae
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- Lepidochrysops swartbergensis
- Lepidochrysops tantalus
- Lepidochrysops titei
- Lepidochrysops trimeni
- Lepidochrysops vansoni
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