Warrior silver-spotted copper | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Aphnaeinae |
Genus: | Argyraspodes Tite & Dickson, 1973 |
Species: | A. argyraspis
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Binomial name | |
Argyraspodes argyraspis (Trimen, 1873)
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Argyraspodes is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is monotypic containing only the species Argyraspodes argyraspis, the warrior silver-spotted copper, which is found in South Africa, in the Western and Eastern Cape, Free State and Northern Cape.
The wingspan is 32–38 mm for males and 35–45 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to March and sometimes from July to April.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Argyraspodes 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.