| Wineland Blue | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
| Species: | L. bacchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidochrysops bacchus Riley, 1938 |
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The Wineland Blue (Lepidochrysops bacchus) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found from the West Cape to the East Cape.
The wingspan is 22-29 mm for males and 24-30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to January. There is one generation per year.[1]
The larvae feed on Selago fruticosa and Selago geniculata.