Aloeides penningtoni
| Aloeides penningtoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aloeides |
| Species: | A. penningtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968[1] | |
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Pennington’s Copper (Aloeides penningtoni) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the northern East Cape and the Drakensberg foothills to the KwaZulu-Natal midlands and the Ngoye and Enseleni forests.
The wingspan is 26–31 mm for males and 28–34 mm females. There are several generations in the warmer months, with adults on wing from August to June with peaks in November and February.[2]
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