Trimenia (butterfly)

Silver-spotted coppers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Aphnaeinae
Genus:	Trimenia; Tite & Dickson, 1973
	range of the genus
Synonyms
	Argyrocupha Tite & Dickson, 1973;

Trimenia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae which is endemic to the dryer, western parts of southern Africa. Their orange wings are bounded by dusky brown borders and fringed by chequered termens. The wing undersides are spangled with silvery or shiny markings. They fly in summer but stay close to their colonies, the numbers of which may fluctuate significantly depending on the conditions of the particular season. They may be found along the rocky ledges of hills or escarpments, in dry river beds, wetlands, fynbos, including coastal dune fynbos, succulent or Nama Karoo, or the gravelly or sandy flats found in Namaqualand and Bushmanland.^[1]

Species[]

Trimenia argyroplaga (Dickson, 1967) — Large silver-spotted copper, widespread in southern Karoo
Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson, 1968) — McMaster's silver-spotted copper, throughout western Karoo
Trimenia malagrida (Wallengren, 1857) — Scarce mountain copper, localized in Western Cape
Trimenia wallengrenii (Trimen, 1887) — Wallengren's silver-spotted copper, very localized in Western Cape
Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969) — Wykeham's silver-spotted copper, native to the Roggeveld-Nuweveld escarpments

References[]

^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field guide to butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik. pp. 192–195. ISBN 9781868727247.

External links[]

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[sw1-1] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field guide to butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik. pp. 192–195. ISBN 9781868727247.

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