Aloeides
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Aloeides, commonly called Coppers, is a genus of butterflies
in the Lycaenidae
family. Most can be found in South Africa
(49 spp.), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya
(8 spp.).
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
family. Most can be found in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
(49 spp.), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
(8 spp.).
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.- The "thyra" species-group:
- Aloeides apicalisAloeides apicalisThe Pointed Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from West Cape and the North Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pointed Copper - Aloeides aridaAloeides aridaThe Arid Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the northern West Cape to Springbok and Steinkopf in the North Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Arid Copper - Aloeides bamptoniAloeides bamptoniBampton’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the North Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's Copper - Aloeides braueriAloeides braueriBrauer’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from highland hillsides covered in sour grassveld in the East Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's Copper - Aloeides caledoniAloeides caledoniCaledon Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it has a wide range but is very rare and localised in the West Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon Copper - Aloeides clarkiAloeides clarkiThe Coega Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from low slopes and ridges in coastal Karoo flats in the East Cape and flat rocky land further inland....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega Copper - Aloeides dentatisAloeides dentatisThe Roodepoort Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.The wingspan is 22-26 mm for males and 24-28 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to March...
(Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort Copper - Aloeides depictaAloeides depictaThe Depicta Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from fynbos and Nama Karoo along the mountains from Matjiesfontein to Gydo Mountain and the East Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Depicta Copper - Aloeides dryasAloeides dryasThe Transvaal Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from Swaziland to northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, then along the Drakensberg and Wolkberg to the Limpopo Province....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal Copper - Aloeides egeridesAloeides egeridesThe Red Hill Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from coastal fynbos in the West Cape and Karwyderskraal near Hermanus on the southern coast....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill Copper - Aloeides gowaniAloeides gowaniGowan’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West, East and the North Cape.The wingspan is 25-29 mm for males and 28-30 mm females...
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's Copper - Aloeides juanaAloeides juanaThe Juana Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape to Namaqualand and the Steinkopf area in the North Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana Copper - Aloeides kaplaniAloeides kaplaniKaplan's Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape. It was discovered and described in 1977....
Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's Copper - Aloeides lutescensAloeides lutescensThe Worcester Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from sandy flats along the Breede River in the Worcester area and the Robertson Karoo in the West Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester Copper - Aloeides margaretaeAloeides margaretaeMarguarite’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the western coast and along the south coast in the West Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's Copper - Aloeides natalensis Tite & Dickson, 1968
- Aloeides nollothiAloeides nollothiNolloth's Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from coastal dunes and flats in Succulent Karoo in the North Cape and inland south along the coast just short of Lambert's Bay.The wingspan is 19-22 mm for males and 20-24 mm females...
Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's Copper - Aloeides oreasAloeides oreasThe Oreas Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the East Cape to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, the Orange Free State and mountain peaks in Mpumalanga near Wakkerstroom....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas Copper - Aloeides pallidaAloeides pallidaThe Giant Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 30–39 mm for males and 34–45 mm females. Adults are on wing from October to early January or as early as August for the nominate subspecies. There is one generation per year .The larvae...
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Giant Copper - Aloeides penningtoniAloeides penningtoniPennington’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the northern East Cape and the Drakensberg foothills to the KwaZulu-Natal midlands and the Ngoye and Enseleni forests....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's Copper - Aloeides pringleiAloeides pringleiPringle's Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only found in a few localities in grassland of the East Cape near the Great Winterberg....
Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's Copper - Aloeides quickelbergeiAloeides quickelbergeiQuickelberge’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from mountain slopes in the southern West Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's Copper - Aloeides rileyiAloeides rileyiRiley’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from Lesotho and the eastern part of the Orange Free State....
Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's Copper - Aloeides simplexAloeides simplexThe Dune Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from sandy areas in the Kalahari and Arid Savannah, the red dunes from Kuruman, Hotazel and further west in the North Cape....
(Trimen, 1893) – Dune Copper - Aloeides taylori Tite & Dickson, 1976
- Aloeides thyraAloeides thyraThe Red Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 22–26 mm for males and 24–28 mm females. Adults are on wing from July to April with peaks in October and February...
(Linnaeus, 1764) – Red Copper - Aloeides vansoniAloeides vansoniVan Son’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape, then across the Great Karoo and Roggeveld escarpment, south along the north side of the Swartberg and nearby mountains to the East Cape.The wingspan is 27–32 mm for...
Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's Copper
- Aloeides apicalis
- unnamed species group A:
- Aloeides almeidaAloeides almeidaThe Almeida Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the West Cape and the Cape Peninsula and the main Cape fold mountains, north to Ceres and east along the mountain ranges to the East Cape.The wingspan is 25-29 mm for males and 28-30 mm...
(C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida Copper - Aloeides arandaAloeides arandaThe Aranda Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the whole of South Africa, except in high montane forests and the arid western areas. It is also found in Zimbabwe....
(Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda Copper - Aloeides barklyiAloeides barklyiAloeides barklyi, also known by its popular name of Barkly’s Copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in the North Cape, south to the West Cape, the Cederberg and the Name Karoo at Matjiesfontein.The wingspan is 30-34 mm for males and 32-36...
(Trimen, 1874) – Darkly's Copper - Aloeides conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907)
- Aloeides damarensisAloeides damarensisThe Damara Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from coastal KwaZulu-Natal to the Drakensberg, north into Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province....
(Trimen, 1891) – Damara Copper - Aloeides griseus Riley, 1921
- Aloeides henningiAloeides henningiHenning’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from the northern East Cape to Lesotho, western KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern part of the Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and Gauteng.The wingspan is 23-26 mm for males and...
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's Copper - Aloeides macmasteriAloeides macmasteriMcMaster’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is widespread but localised and known from the West Cape, then across the Great Karoo to Namaqualand. It is also found from Coega to Grassland in the East Cape.The wingspan is 28-32 mm for males and...
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's Copper - Aloeides molomoAloeides molomoThe Molomo Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Africa.The wingspan is 22-33 mm for males and 24-35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from August to December and from March to April. There are two generations per year.The larvae of ssp...
(Trimen, 1870) – Molomo Copper - Aloeides pierusAloeides pierusThe Dull Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found in the West, North and East Cape, as well as the Orange Free State....
(Cramer, [1779]) – Dull Copper - Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides stevensoniAloeides stevensoniStevenson’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is restricted to montane sourveld Grassland on the Wolkberg near Haenertsburg....
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's Copper - Aloeides susanaeAloeides susanaeSusan’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from the KwaZulu-Natal midlands to the Orange Free State and the East Cape....
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's Copper - Aloeides swanepoeliAloeides swanepoeliSwanepoel’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from coastal Swanepoel’s Copper is a [[butterfly]] of the [[Lycaenidae]] family...
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's Copper - Aloeides taikosamaAloeides taikosamaThe Dusky Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe...
(Wallengren, 1857) – Dusky Copper - Aloeides trimeniAloeides trimeniTrimen’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from coastal Trimen’s Copper is a [[butterfly]] of the [[Lycaenidae]] family...
Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's Copper
- Aloeides almeida
- unnamed species group B:
- Aloeides angolensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides argenteus Henning & Henning, 1994
- Aloeides barbaraeAloeides barbaraeBarbara’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from montane Grassland on one hill top between Fairview and the Sheba Mines in Mpumalanga....
Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's Copper - Aloeides caffrariaeAloeides caffrariaeThe Border Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from coastal grassland in the East Cape....
Henning, 1987 – Border Copper - Aloeides carolynnaeAloeides carolynnaeCarolynn's Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.The wingspan is 23–28 mm for males and 25–33 mm females...
Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's Copper - Aloeides dicksoniAloeides dicksoniDickson’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the East Cape Drakensberg....
Henning, 1987 – Diskson's Copper - Aloeides malutiAloeides malutiThe Maluti Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is mainly found in the high altitude alpine grassland in Lesotho, but also in neighbouring hills in the Orange Free State and the East Cape....
Pringle, 1983 – Maluti Copper - Aloeides mbuluensisAloeides mbuluensisThe Mbulu Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from bare patches of ground in highland grassveld in the Mbulu area of the East Cape and the area near Loteni in KwaZulu-Natal....
Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu Copper - Aloeides mercesAloeides mercesThe Wakkerstroom Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from sour montane grassveld in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga....
Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom Copper - Aloeides monticolaAloeides monticolaThe Cederberg Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the high slopes of the Cederberg in the West Cape....
Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg Copper - Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996
- Aloeides namibiensis Henning & Henning, 1994
- Aloeides nubilusAloeides nubilusThe Cloud Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found on low rocky ridges in the Mpumalanga Drakensberg....
Henning & Henning, 1982 – Cloud Copper - Aloeides rossouwiAloeides rossouwiRossouw's Copper is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in Mpumalanga south of the Stoffberg....
Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's Copper - Aloeides tearei Henning & Henning, 1982
- Aloeides titeiAloeides titeiTite’s Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the northern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills to the hills of southern Mpumalanga....
Henning, 1987 – Tite's Copper