Brephidium metophis

Brephidium metophis, the tinktinkie blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa, including South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, it is found from the Western Cape, north to Namaqualand, which is found both in the northern part of the Western Cape province and the Northern Cape, and east to the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the western part of the Free State province.

Brephidium metophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Brephidium
Species:
B. metophis
Binomial name
Brephidium metophis
Synonyms
  • Lycaena metophis Wallengren, 1860

The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 21–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing continuously depending on the rainfall.[2]

The larvae feed on Exomis axyrioides.[3]

References

  1. Brephidium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  3. Marinus J.A. Werger and A.C. van Bruggen (Editors) Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa (2012), p. 771, at Google Books


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