| Trimenia malagrida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Trimenia |
| Species: | T. malagrida |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimenia malagrida (Wallengren, 1857)[1] |
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The Scarce Mountain Copper (Trimenia malagrida) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from Beaufort West to the Roggeveld escarpment in the West Cape.
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.