Biology:Axiocerses amanga
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Bush scarlet | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Axiocerses |
Species: | A. amanga
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Binomial name | |
Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)[2]
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Axiocerses amanga, the bush scarlet, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The wingspan is 24–28 mm for males and 25–30 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round in South Africa .
The larvae feed on Acacia species, Ximenia americana and X. caffra. They are associated with the ant species Camponotus niveosetosus.
Subspecies
- Axiocerses amanga amanga
- Range: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, south-eastern DRC, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa , where it is present in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
- Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
- Range: Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon
- Axiocerses amanga baumi Weymer, 1901
- Range: Angola, Namibia
References
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- ↑ Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Axiocerses amanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T162641022A162641072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T162641022A162641072.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162641022/162641072. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q4830499 entry
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