Biology:Aslauga australis
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Aslauga australis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aslauga |
| Species: | A. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aslauga australis Cottrell, 1981
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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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
Wikidata ☰ Q4807322 entry
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