Biology:Trimenia (butterfly)

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Silver-spotted coppers
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Aphnaeinae
Genus:	Trimenia Tite & Dickson, 1973
range of the genus
Synonyms
Argyrocupha Tite & Dickson, 1973

Trimenia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae which is endemic to the dryer, western parts of southern Africa. Their orange wings are bounded by dusky brown borders and fringed by chequered termens. The wing undersides are spangled with silvery or shiny markings. They fly in summer but stay close to their colonies, the numbers of which may fluctuate significantly depending on the conditions of the particular season. They may be found along the rocky ledges of hills or escarpments, in dry river beds, wetlands, fynbos, including coastal dune fynbos, succulent or Nama Karoo, or the gravelly or sandy flats found in Namaqualand and Bushmanland.

Species

• Trimenia argyroplaga (Dickson, 1967) — Large silver-spotted copper, widespread in southern Karoo
• Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson, 1968) — McMaster's silver-spotted copper, throughout western Karoo
• Trimenia malagrida (Wallengren, 1857) — Scarce mountain copper, localized in Western Cape
• Trimenia wallengrenii (Trimen, 1887) — Wallengren's silver-spotted copper, very localized in Western Cape
• Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969) — Wykeham's silver-spotted copper, native to the Roggeveld-Nuweveld escarpments

External links

• Trimenia at funet

Wikidata ☰ Q1758959 entry