Lepidochrysops violetta
Lepidochrysops violetta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
Species: | L. violetta
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Binomial name | |
Lepidochrysops violetta | |
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Lepidochrysops violetta, the violet blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zimbabwe (the Nyanga massif).[2] The habitat consists of the lower slopes of hills in grassland.
Adults have been recorded on wing in October and early November.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lepidochrysops violetta. |
Wikispecies has information related to Lepidochrysops violetta. |
- ^ Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 5)
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1945
- Lepidochrysops
- Endemic fauna of Zimbabwe
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Elliot Pinhey
- Polyommatini stubs