Tylopaedia
Appearance
(Redirected from Tylopaedia sardonyx)
King copper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Aphnaeinae |
Genus: | Tylopaedia Tite & Dickson, 1973 |
Species: | T. sardonyx
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Binomial name | |
Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868)
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Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 32–40 mm for males and 35–50 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to December and from January to April in two generations per year.[2]
Habitat and behavior
[edit]The larvae feed on Aspalathus spinosa, Phylica olaefolia, and Euclea undulata.[citation needed]
Subspecies
[edit]- Tylopaedia sardonyx sardonyx (eastern Western Cape to Namaqualand and near Karuman in the Northern Cape, north into Botswana, east to the Eastern Cape and the Free State)
- Tylopaedia sardonyx peringueyi (Dickson, 1969) (Western Cape)
- Tylopaedia sardonyx cerita (Henning & Henning, 1998) (central Namibia)
References
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- ^ "Tylopaedia Tite & Dickson, 1973" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.