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Lepidochrysops victori (Blue)

Wikipedia Abstract

Victor's Blue (Lepidochrysops victori) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from four small areas on the Groot Winterberg in the East Cape. The wingspan is 31–35 mm for males and 32–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid February to the end of March. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on Selago corymbosa.
View Wikipedia Record: Lepidochrysops victori

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Lepidochrysops victori

Prey / Diet

Selago corymbosa[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