Leptomyrina hirundo: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Leptomyrina
Species
Leptomyrina hirundo
Scientific Name
Leptomyrina hirundo

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Leptomyrina hirundo

Leptomyrina hirundo, the tailed black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to the coast of eastern Kenya and Malawi. In South Africa it is found in warm wooded savannah from the Eastern Cape to coastal KwaZulu-Natal and inland in riverine forest to Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

The wingspan is 19–24 mm for males and 19.5–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas with peaks in November and March.

The larvae feed on Kalanchoe, Crassula, Byrophyllum and Cotyledon species.

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Leptomyrina hirundo in languages:

English
Tailed Black-eye

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