Crudaria leroma

Crudaria leroma
male, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Crudaria
Species:	C. leroma
Binomial name
Crudaria leroma (Wallengren, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
Arhopala leroma Wallengren, 1857 Zeritis zorites Hewitson, 1874 Cigaritis delagoensis Sharpe, 1891 Crudaria leroma f. albomaculata Aurivillius, 1923

The Silver-spotted Grey (Crudaria leroma) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South West Africa, including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa, it is found from the West Cape to the East Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, the Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province, the North West Province, Gauteng and the North Cape.

The wingspan is 20–32 mm for males and 25–34 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas and from October to March in cooler areas.^[2]

The larvae feed on Acacia karroo, Acacia sieberana, and Elephantorrhiza burkei.

References

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