Deloneura sheppardi

Deloneura sheppardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deloneura
Species: D. sheppardi
Binomial name
Deloneura sheppardi
Stevenson, 1934[1]

Deloneura sheppardi, Sheppard’s Buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique.[2]

Adults are primarily on wing in March and April.

Larvae have a blue body and a brown head.

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