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The Cupreous Blue (Eicochrysops messapus) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa. In South Africa it is rare and only known from the northern part of the Limpopo Province and northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 17-22 mm for males and 17-24 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer area, with peaks in October and March. In cooler areas it is not found from April to September[2]
The larvae probably feed on Thesium species.
Subspecies
- Eicochrysops messapus messapus (West Cape to Orange Free State)
- Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857) (northern East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, northern Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province)
- Eicochrysops messapus nandiana (Bethune-Baker, 1906) (Kenya, Uganda)
- Eicochrysops messapus sebagadis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) (highlands of Ethiopia)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eicochrysops messapus.
Wikispecies has information related to Eicochrysops messapus.
- ^ Eicochrysops, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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