Biology:Aslauga australis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Aslauga australis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aslauga
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Aslauga australis
Cottrell, 1981

Aslauga australis, the southern purple, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa , where it is known from only twenty locations consisting of savannah and coastal forest in the East Cape. It has also been recorded from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 25–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from spring to autumn.[2]

References

  1. Dobson, J.C.H.; Dobson, C.M. (2020). "Aslauga australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T2171A168304551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2171A168304551.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2171/168304551. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

Wikidata ☰ Q4807322 entry