Axiocerses tjoane
| Eastern scarlet | |
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| 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] | |
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Axiocerses tjoane, the eastern scarlet, common scarlet or scarlet butterfly, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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
External links
- Axiocerses tjoane tjoane at Flora of Zimbabwe
- Steve Woodhall (2005) Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa
References
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- ↑ Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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