Capys connexivus
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Capys connexivus, the African protea butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola and Zimbabwe.[2]
Adults are on wing year-round, with a peak from August to November.
The larvae feed on Protea gaguedi and Protea angolensis.
Subspecies[]
- Capys connexivus connexivus (western Tanzania, Malawi, northern and central Zambia, Angola, western and northern Zimbabwe)
- Capys connexivus gardineri Henning & Henning, 1988 (Zambia: Mufulira area)
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- ^ "Capys Hewitson, 1865" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1897
- Capys (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
- Theclinae stubs