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Tylopaedia sardonyx (King Copper)

Synonyms: Phasis peringueyi; Zeritis sardonyx

Wikipedia Abstract

The King copper (Tylopaedia sardonyx) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa and Namibia. The wingspan is 32–40 mm for males and 35–50 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to December and from January to April in two generations per year. The larvae feed on Aspalathus spinosa, Phylica olaefolia, and Euclea undulata.
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Infraspecies

Tylopaedia sardonyx knobeli
Tylopaedia sardonyx peringueyi
Tylopaedia sardonyx sardonyx

Prey / Diet

Aspalathus spinosa[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0