Lepidochrysops glauca

Lepidochrysops glauca
	Lepidochrysops glauca, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. glauca
Binomial name
	Lepidochrysops glauca; (Trimen, 1887)
Synonyms
	Lycaena glauca Trimen, 1887; Cupido glauca; Catochrysops glauca; Neochrysops glauca; Lepidochrysops glauca var. swinburnei Stevenson, 1939;

Lepidochrysops glauca, the silvery blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the African tropics to South Africa.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 38–48 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from September to December and from January to April. There are two generations per year.^[2]

The larvae feed on Ocimum canum and Lantana rugosa.

Subspecies

Lepidochrysops glauca glauca

Range: Gabon, DRC, Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces

Lepidochrysops glauca swinburnei Stevenson, 1939

Range: Zimbabwe

References

^ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[1] Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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