Trimenia macmasteri

Trimenia macmasteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Trimenia
Species:	T. macmasteri
Binomial name
Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson, 1968)[1]
Synonyms
Phasis macmasteri Dickson, 1968

McMaster’s Silver-spotted Copper (Trimenia macmasteri) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from Beaufort West to the Roggeveld escarpment in the West Cape.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 27–39 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to January, with a peak from October to December. There is one generation per year.^[2]

Subspecies

• Trimenia macmasteri macmasteri (West Cape from Great Karoo along the coastal hills to the East Cape)
• Trimenia macmasteri mijburghi Dickson, 1980 (Namaqualand and Bushmanland in the North Cape and further north)

References

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