Trimenia wykehami

Trimenia wykehami, the Wykeham's silver-spotted copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from Beaufort West to the Roggeveld escarpment in the Western Cape.

Wykeham's silver-spotted copper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Trimenia
Species:
T. wykehami
Binomial name
Trimenia wykehami
(Dickson, 1969)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phasis argyroplaga wykehami Dickson, 1969

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 27–39 mm females. Adults are on wing from November to December. There is one generation per year.[2]

References

  1. Trimenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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