Trimenia macmasteri
| McMaster's silver-spotted copper | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Trimenia |
| Species: | T. macmasteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson, 1968)[1] | |
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Trimenia macmasteri (McMaster'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 West Cape.
The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 27–39 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to January, with a peak from October to December. There is one generation per year.[2]
Subspecies
- Trimenia macmasteri macmasteri (West Cape from Great Karoo along the coastal hills to the East Cape)
- Trimenia macmasteri mijburghi Dickson, 1980 (Namaqualand and Bushmanland in the North Cape and further north)
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