Trimenia wykehami | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Trimenia |
Species: | T. wykehami |
Binomial name | |
Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969)[1] |
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Wykeham’s Silver-spotted Copper (Trimenia wykehami) 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 24-32 mm for males and 27-39 mm females. Adults are on wing from November to December. There is one generation per year[2].