Coastal Blue | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
Species: | L. littoralis |
Binomial name | |
Lepidochrysops littoralis Swanepoel & Vári, 1983[1] |
The Coastal Blue (Lepidochrysops littoralis) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 34–36 mm for males and 36–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late August to December.[3]