Tuxentius hesperis
| Tuxentius hesperis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tuxentius |
| Species: | T. hesperis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tuxentius hesperis (Vári, 1976)[1] | |
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The Western Pie (Tuxentius hesperis) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from Globlershoop and Vioolsdrif and along the banks of the Orange River in the North Cape.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are most common from October to December.[2]
The larvae feed on Ziziphus mucronata.
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