Crudaria leroma

Silver-spotted grey
	Male, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Crudaria
Species:	C. leroma
Binomial name
	Crudaria leroma; (Wallengren, 1857)
Synonyms
	Arhopala leroma Wallengren, 1857; Zeritis zorites Hewitson, 1874; Cigaritis delagoensis Sharpe, 1891; Crudaria leroma f. albomaculata Aurivillius, 1923;

Crudaria leroma, the silver-spotted grey, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-western Africa, including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa, it is found from the Western to the Eastern and Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Gauteng provinces.

The wingspan is 20–32 mm for males and 25–34 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas and from October to March in cooler areas.^[2]

The larvae feed on Acacia karroo, A. sieberana, and Elephantorrhiza burkei.

References[]

^ Crudaria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ 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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[1] Crudaria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] 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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Taxon identifiers
Crudaria leroma	Wikidata: Q5189830 Wikispecies: Crudaria leroma BOLD: 32934 EoL: 182553 GBIF: 1926817 iNaturalist: 367799 IRMNG: 11269748 IUCN: 161341445 LepIndex: 195976 NCBI: 140349
Arhopala leroma	Wikidata: Q109584816 GBIF: 10899940