Lepidochrysops jefferyi
| Lepidochrysops jefferyi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
| Species: | L. jefferyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidochrysops jefferyi (Swierstra, 1909)[1] | |
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Lepidochrysops jefferyi, the Jeffery's blue, is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it known from grassland on the hills above Ulundi, Fairview and the Sheba Mines in Mpumalanga.
The wingspan is 38–44 mm for males and 42–46 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Becium grandiflorum.
References
- ↑ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Lepidochrysops jefferyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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