Aslauga australis

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Aslauga australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Aslauga australis
Cottrell, 1981

Aslauga australis, the southern purple, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from only twenty locations consisting of savannah and coastal forest in the East Cape. It has also been recorded from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 25–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from spring to autumn.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Dobson, J.C.H. & Dobson, C.M. (2020). "Aslauga australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T2171A168304551. Retrieved 12 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.


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