Aloeides
| Aloeides | |
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| A. pierus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Tribe: | Aphnaeini |
| Genus: | Aloeides Hübner, [1819][1] |
Aloeides, commonly called Coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. Most can be found in South Africa (49 spp.), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya (8 spp.).[2]
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.[1][2][3]
- The "thyra" species-group:
- Aloeides apicalis Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pointed Copper
- Aloeides arida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Arid Copper
- Aloeides bamptoni Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's Copper
- Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's Copper
- Aloeides caledoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon Copper
- Aloeides clarki Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega Copper
- Aloeides dentatis (Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort Copper
- Aloeides depicta Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Depicta Copper
- Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal Copper
- Aloeides egerides Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill Copper
- Aloeides gowani Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's Copper
- Aloeides juana Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana Copper
- Aloeides kaplani Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's Copper
- Aloeides lutescens Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester Copper
- Aloeides margaretae Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's Copper
- Aloeides nollothi Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's Copper
- Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas Copper
- Aloeides pallida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Giant Copper
- Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's Copper
- Aloeides pringlei Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's Copper
- Aloeides quickelbergei Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's Copper
- Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's Copper
- Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893) – Dune Copper
- Aloeides thyra (Linnaeus, 1764) – Red Copper
- Aloeides vansoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's Copper
- unnamed species group A:
- Aloeides almeida (C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida Copper
- Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda Copper
- Aloeides barklyi (Trimen, 1874) – Darkly's Copper
- Aloeides conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907)
- Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891) – Damara Copper
- Aloeides griseus Riley, 1921
- Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's Copper
- Aloeides macmasteri Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's Copper
- Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870) – Molomo Copper
- Aloeides pierus (Cramer, [1779]) – Dull Copper
- Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's Copper
- Aloeides susanae Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's Copper
- Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's Copper
- Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) – Dusky Copper
- Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's Copper
- unnamed species group B:
- Aloeides angolensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides argenteus Henning & Henning, 1994
- Aloeides barbarae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's Copper
- Aloeides caffrariae Henning, 1987 – Border Copper
- Aloeides carolynnae Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's Copper
- Aloeides dicksoni Henning, 1987 – Diskson's Copper
- Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983 – Maluti Copper
- Aloeides mbuluensis Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu Copper
- Aloeides merces Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom Copper
- Aloeides monticola Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg Copper
- Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996
- Aloeides namibiensis Henning & Henning, 1994
- Aloeides nubilus Henning & Henning, 1982 – Cloud Copper
- Aloeides rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's Copper
- Aloeides tearei Henning & Henning, 1982
- Aloeides titei Henning, 1987 – Tite's Copper
References
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