Aloeides oreas

Aloeides oreas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: A. oreas
Binomial name
Aloeides oreas
Tite & Dickson, 1968[1]

The Oreas Copper (Aloeides oreas) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the East Cape to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, the Orange Free State and mountain peaks in Mpumalanga near Wakkerstroom.

The wingspan is 21–24 mm for males and 22–26 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to December, with a peak in October and from January to April, with a peak in January. There are two generations per year.[2]

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


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