Axiocerses tjoane

Eastern scarlet
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Aphnaeini
Genus:	Axiocerses
Species:	A. tjoane
Binomial name
	Axiocerses tjoane; (Wallengren, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
	Chrysorychia tjoane Wallengren, 1857;

Axiocerses tjoane, the eastern scarlet, common scarlet or scarlet butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 25–34 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Acacia (including A. abyssinica, A. polyacantha subsp. campylacantha and A. sieberiana var. woodii), Peltophorum africanum and Brachystegia species.

Subspecies

Axiocerses tjoane tjoane

Range: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, central and eastern Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces

Axiocerses tjoane rubescens Henning & Henning, 1996

Range: south-eastern DRC to north-western Zambia

External links

Axiocerses tjoane tjoane at Flora of Zimbabwe
Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

References

↑ Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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