Aloeides henningi

Aloeides henningi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Aloeides
Species:	A. henningi
Binomial name
Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973[1]

Henning’s Copper (Aloeides henningi) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from the northern East Cape to Lesotho, western KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern part of the Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and Gauteng.

The wingspan is 23–26 mm for males and 24–26 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to November in one generation in cooler areas. In warm areas there is a second generation with adults on wing from January to February.^[2]

References

1. Aloeides, Site of Markku Savela
2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.