Biology:Lepidochrysops intermedia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Lepidochrysops intermedia
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Figures 4 (male) and 5 (female)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lepidochrysops
Species:
L. intermedia
Binomial name
Lepidochrysops intermedia
(Bethune-Baker, [1923])[1]
Synonyms
  • Neochrysops intermedia Bethune-Baker, [1923]

Lepidochrysops intermedia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults have been recorded in November and December.

Subspecies

  • Lepidochrysops intermedia intermedia (Malawi, Mozambique)
  • Lepidochrysops intermedia cottrelli Stempffer, 1954 (the border between Zambia and Malawi on the Nyika Plateau, Tanzania)

References

  1. Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 3)

Wikidata ☰ Q6527506 entry