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Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.
King copper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Aphnaeinae |
Genus: | Tylopaedia Tite & Dickson, 1973 |
Species: | T. sardonyx |
Binomial name | |
Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868) | |
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The wingspan is 32–40 mm for males and 35–50 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to December and from January to April in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Aspalathus spinosa, Phylica olaefolia, and Euclea undulata.
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