Trimenia malagrida (scarce mountain copper) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from Beaufort West to the Roggeveld escarpment in the Western Cape.
Scarce mountain copper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Trimenia |
Species: | T. malagrida
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Binomial name | |
Trimenia malagrida (Wallengren, 1857)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 24–29 mm for males and 29–33 mm females. Adults are on wing from late January to March. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae of ssp. maryae are attended to by Anoplolepis custodiens ants.
Subspecies
edit- Trimenia malagrida malagrida (Cape Peninsula)
- Trimenia malagrida cedrusmontana (Dickson & Stephen, 1975) (Cederberg and Skurweberg)
- Trimenia malagrida maryae (Dickson & Henning, 1980) (coastal dune fynbos from De Hoop to Witsand)
- Trimenia malagrida paarlensis (Dickson, 1967) (Paarl Mountain and Paardeberg)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Trimenia malagrida.
- ^ Trimenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.