Lepidochrysops ignota
| Lepidochrysops ignota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lepidochrysops |
| Species: | L. ignota |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidochrysops ignota (Trimen, 1887)[1] | |
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The Zulu Blue (Lepidochrysops ignota) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the KwaZulu-Natal midlands to Swaziland, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and Gauteng.
The wingspan is 27–29 mm for males and 27–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Ocimum species. Third and later instar larvae feed on the brood of Camponotus niveosetus ants.
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- ↑ Lepidochrysops, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.