Aslauga australis, the southern purple, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from only twenty locations consisting of savannah and coastal forest in the East Cape. It has also been recorded from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.
| Aslauga australis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aslauga |
| Species: | A. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aslauga australis Cottrell, 1981
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The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 25–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from spring to autumn.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Aslauga australis.
- ^ Dobson, J.C.H.; Dobson, C.M. (2020). "Aslauga australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T2171A168304551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2171A168304551.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.