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Actizera stellata (Red-clover Blue)

Synonyms: Lycaena stellata

Wikipedia Abstract

The Red-clover Blue (Actizera stellata) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania and northern Malawi. In South Africa it is found in the East Cape and the southern part of the Orange Free State. The wingspan is 13–18 mm for males and 15–19 mm for females. Adults are on wing from January to May, with a peak from January to February. There is one extended generation per year. The larvae feed on Trifolium africanum.
View Wikipedia Record: Actizera stellata

Prey / Diet

Oxalis bakeriana (creeping woodsorrel)[1]
Oxalis corniculata (creeping woodsorrel)[2]
Trifolium africanum (African clover)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Jorrit 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