Trimenia wallengrenii

Trimenia wallengrenii, the Wallengren's copper or Wallengren's silver-spotted copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa.

Wallengren's copper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Trimenia
Species:
T. wallengrenii
Binomial name
Trimenia wallengrenii
(Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
● Ranges of the two subspecies
Synonyms
  • Zeritis wallengrenii Trimen, 1887
  • Phasis wallengrenii

The wingspan is 24–35 mm for males and 29–42 mm females. Adults are on wing from November to December. There is one generation per year.[2]

Subspecies
  • Trimenia wallengrenii wallengrenii — near Darling in the Western Cape
  • Trimenia wallengrenii gonnemoi Ball, 1994 — upper slopes of the Piketberg in the Western Cape

References
  1. Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Trimenia wallengrenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22149A9363812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22149A9363812.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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