Eicochrysops messapus
Eicochrysops messapus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Eicochrysops |
Species: | E. messapus |
Binomial name | |
Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, [1824])[1] | |
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The Cupreous Blue (Eicochrysops messapus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.[2] It is found in Africa. In South Africa it is rare and only known from the northern part of the Limpopo Province and northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 17–22 mm for males and 17–24 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer area, with peaks in October and March. In cooler areas it is not found from April to September[3]
The larvae probably feed on Thesium species.
Subspecies
- Eicochrysops messapus messapus (West Cape to Orange Free State)
- Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857) (northern East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, northern Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province)
- Eicochrysops messapus nandiana (Bethune-Baker, 1906) (Kenya, Uganda)
- Eicochrysops messapus sebagadis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) (highlands of Ethiopia)
References
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- ↑ Eicochrysops, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Eicochrysops_messapus/classification/
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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