Aloeides tearei

Aloeides tearei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: A. tearei
Binomial name
Aloeides tearei
Henning & Henning, 1982[1]

Aloeides tearei, the Teare's copper, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of semi desert.

Adults are on wing from August to October and in February and May.

References

  1. Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)


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