Stugeta bowkeri

Stugeta bowkeri
Stugeta bowkeri c
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stugeta
Species: S. bowkeri
Binomial name
Stugeta bowkeri
(Trimen, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Iolaus bowkeri Trimen, 1864
  • Stugeta maria Suffert, 1904
  • Iolaus (Stugeta) bowkeri albeza Koçak, 1996
  • Stugeta bowkeri f. caerulea Stempffer, 1947
  • Stugeta bowkeri f. mombasae Butler, 1901
  • Stugeta bowkeri var. nyanzana Wichgraf, 1911

Bowker’s Sapphire, Bowker's Marbled Sapphire or Bowker's Tailed Blue (Stugeta bowkeri) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in most of southern Africa.

The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 29–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May, with peaks in October and March.[2]

Larvae of ssp. bowkeri and henningi feed on Viscum rotundifolium. Larvae of ssp. tearei have been recorded on Ximenia caffra and Ximenia americana, Viscum rotundifolium and Tapinanthus quinquangulus. Other recorded food plants include Loranthus species (including Loranthus elegans and Loranthus oleaefolius) and other Talinanthus and Ximenia species.

Subspecies

Etymology

The name honours the lepidopterist James Henry Bowker.

References

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

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