''Euchrysops barkeri'', the Barker's smoky blue or Barker's Cupid, is a
butterfly of the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
South Africa,
Zimbabwe,
Mozambique and from
Sierra Leone to
Tanzania. In South Africa it is found from the East Cape along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and in Limpopo province.
The
wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 27–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, but are most common from November to July in South Africa.
The larvae feed on ''
Crotalaria'' and ''
Rhynchosia
''Rhynchosia'', also known as snoutbean, is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. There are several different complexes within the genus, including the ''Senna'' complex.Turner,B.L., http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Turner-Lundellia14. ...
'' species and ''
Vigna unguiculata''.
References
Butterflies described in 1893
Euchrysops
Butterflies of Africa
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