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Aloeides barbarae

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Aloeides barbarae
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A. barbarae
Binomial name
Aloeides barbarae
Henning & Henning, 1994[1]

Aloeides barbarae, the Barbara's copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from montane grassland on one hill top between Fairview and the Sheba Mines in Mpumalanga.

The wingspan is 22–24 mm for males and 24–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.[2]

References

  1. ^ Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.