Orachrysops nasutus

Orachrysops nasutus, the nosy blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa.

Orachrysops nasutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Orachrysops
Species:
O. nasutus
Binomial name
Orachrysops nasutus
Henning & Henning, 1994[2]

The wingspan is 30–38 mm for males and 25–39 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January. There is one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Indigofera cuneifolia.

Subspecies

  • Orachrysops nasutus nasutus (high altitude montane grassland in the Amatolas and the southern Drakensberg in the Eastern Cape)
  • Orachrysops nasutus remus Henning & Henning, 1994 (Lesotho to the south-eastern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg)

References

  1. Edge, D.A., Patel, T. & Van Der Colff, D. 2022. Orachrysops nasutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T162640632A162640634. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T162640632A162640634.en. Accessed on 11 August 2023.
  2. Orachrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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