Deloneura immaculata
| Deloneura immaculata External images of female | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deloneura |
| Species: | D. immaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Deloneura immaculata Trimen, 1868[1][2] | |
The Mbashe River Buff (Deloneura immaculata) is a possibly extinct species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.[3] It is assumed to be (or to have been) endemic to the densely forested Mbhashe River area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Searches subsequent to its discovery however failed to yield any trace of it.
Only three female specimens have ever been collected, all by Colonel Bowker, in 1863-64. The specimens are held in the South African Museum in Cape Town, and the Natural History Museum in London.[3]
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- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina
- ↑ Deloneura at funet.fi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dixon, Robyn (July 17, 2013). "South Africa butterfly hunters: A rare breed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Deloneura immaculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.