''Lepidochrysops'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...

. The members (species) are found in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

. They are medium-sized to fairly large (wingspan 30-50 millimetres) blues. The upper parts of the males have a slightly pale, pearlescent, blue or blue-violet sheen, the females are brown. The underparts are brownish with darker brown spots. The larvae often feed on herbs in the genus '' Selago''. The genus is found only in the Afrotropical ecozone, most of the species live in southern and eastern Africa.

Species

*'' Lepidochrysops aethiopia'' (Bethune-Baker,

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*'' Lepidochrysops abri'' Libert & Collins, 2001 *'' Lepidochrysops albilinea'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops anerius'' (Hulstaert, 1924) *'' Lepidochrysops ansorgei'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops arabicus'' Gabriel, 1954 *'' Lepidochrysops asteris'' (Godart,

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Lepidochrysops auratus ''Lepidochrysops auratus'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of ''Brachystegia ''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa. ...

'' Quickelberge, 1979 *'' Lepidochrysops australis'' Tite, 1964 *'' Lepidochrysops azureus'' (Butler, 1879) *'' Lepidochrysops bacchus'' Riley, 1938 *'' Lepidochrysops badhami'' van Son, 1956 *'' Lepidochrysops balli'' Dickson, 1985 *''

Lepidochrysops barnesi ''Lepidochrysops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the Afrotropical realm. They are medium-sized to fairly large (wingspan 30-50 millimetres) blues. The upper parts of the males have a slig ...

'' Pennington, 1953 *'' Lepidochrysops braueri'' Dickson, 1966 *'' Lepidochrysops budama'' Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops caerulea'' Tite, 1961 *''

Lepidochrysops carsoni ''Lepidochrysops carsoni'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Af ...

'' (Butler, 1901) *'' Lepidochrysops chala'' Kielland, 1980 *'' Lepidochrysops chalceus'' Quickelberge, 1979 *'' Lepidochrysops chittyi'' Henning & Henning, 1994 *'' Lepidochrysops chloauges'' (Bethune-Baker, 1923) *'' Lepidochrysops cinerea'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops coxii'' Pinhey, 1945 *'' Lepidochrysops cupreus'' (Neave, 1910) *'' Lepidochrysops delicata'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops desmondi'' Stempffer, 1951 *'' Lepidochrysops dollmani'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops dukei'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops dunni'' Larsen & Collins, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops elgonae'' Stempffer, 1950 *'' Lepidochrysops erici'' Gardiner, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops evae'' Gardiner, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops flavisquamosa'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops forsskali'' Larsen, 1982 *'' Lepidochrysops fulvescens'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops fumosa'' (Butler, 1886) *'' Lepidochrysops glauca'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops grahami'' (Trimen, 1893) *'' Lepidochrysops grandis'' Talbot, 1937 *'' Lepidochrysops guichardi'' Gabriel, 1949 *'' Lepidochrysops gydoae'' Dickson & Wykeham, 1994 *'' Lepidochrysops handmani'' Quickelberge, 1980 *'' Lepidochrysops haveni'' Larsen, 1983 *'' Lepidochrysops hawkeri'' (Talbot, 1929) *'' Lepidochrysops heathi'' Gardiner, 1998 *'' Lepidochrysops hypopolia'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops ignota'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops intermedia'' (Bethune-Baker,

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Lepidochrysops inyangae ''Lepidochrysops inyangae'', the Nyanga blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania and Zimbabwe (the Nyanga massif). The habitat consists of grassland and ''Brachystegia ''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree o ...

'' Pinhey, 1945 *'' Lepidochrysops irvingi'' (Swanepoel, 1948) *'' Lepidochrysops jacksoni'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops jamesi'' Swanepoel, 1971 *'' Lepidochrysops jansei'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops jefferyi'' (Swierstra, 1909) *'' Lepidochrysops kennethi'' Kielland, 1986 *'' Lepidochrysops ketsi'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops kilimanjarensis'' (Strand, 1909) *'' Lepidochrysops kitale'' (Stempffer, 1936) *'' Lepidochrysops koaena'' (Strand, 1911) *'' Lepidochrysops kocak'' Seven, 1997 *''

Lepidochrysops labeensis ''Lepidochrysops labeensis'', the Labe giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, ...

'' Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2000 *'' Lepidochrysops labwor'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops lerothodi'' (Trimen, 1904) *'' Lepidochrysops letsea'' (Trimen, 1870) *'' Lepidochrysops leucon'' (Mabille, 1879) *'' Lepidochrysops littoralis'' Swanepoel & Vári, 1983 *'' Lepidochrysops loewensteini'' (Swanepoel, 1951) *'' Lepidochrysops longifalces'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops lotana'' Swanepoel, 1962 *'' Lepidochrysops loveni'' (Aurivillius, 1922) *'' Lepidochrysops lukenia'' van Someren, 1957 *'' Lepidochrysops lunulifer'' (Ungemach, 1932) *'' Lepidochrysops mashuna'' (Trimen, 1894) *'' Lepidochrysops mcgregori'' Pennington, 1970 *'' Lepidochrysops methymna'' (Trimen, 1862) *'' Lepidochrysops michaeli'' Gardiner, 2003 *'' Lepidochrysops michellae'' Henning & Henning, 1983 *'' Lepidochrysops miniata'' Gardiner, 2004 *'' Lepidochrysops mpanda'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops nacrescens'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops neavei'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops negus'' (C. & R. Felder,

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*'' Lepidochrysops neonegus'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops poseidon'' Pringle, 1987 *'' Lepidochrysops praeterita'' Swanepoel, 1962 *'' Lepidochrysops pringlei'' Dickson, 1982 *'' Lepidochrysops procera'' (Trimen, 1893) *'' Lepidochrysops pterou'' (Bethune-Baker,

*'' Lepidochrysops puncticilia'' (Trimen, 1883) *'' Lepidochrysops quassi'' (Karsch, 1895) *'' Lepidochrysops quickelbergei'' Swanepoel, 1969 *'' Lepidochrysops reichenowii'' (Dewitz, 1879) *'' Lepidochrysops rhodesensae'' (Bethune-Baker,

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Lepidochrysops ringa ''Lepidochrysops ringa'', the Tite's giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern Nigeria and western Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boun ...

'' Tite, 1959 *'' Lepidochrysops robertsoni'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops rossouwi'' Henning & Henning, 1994 *'' Lepidochrysops ruthica'' Pennington, 1953 *'' Lepidochrysops skotios'' (Druce, 1905) *'' Lepidochrysops solwezii'' (Bethune-Baker, 1923) *'' Lepidochrysops southeyae'' Pennington, 1967 *'' Lepidochrysops stormsi'' (Robbe, 1892) *'' Lepidochrysops subvariegata'' Talbot, 1935 *''

Lepidochrysops swanepoeli ''Lepidochrysops swanepoeli'', the Swanepoel's blue, is a species of butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold toget ...

'' Pennington, 1948 *'' Lepidochrysops swartbergensis'' Swanepoel, 1969 *'' Lepidochrysops synchrematiza'' (Bethune-Baker,

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Lepidochrysops tantalus ''Lepidochrysops tantalus'', the king blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in South Africa. Description It is local to the Drakensberg foothills in the Eastern Cape to the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, Eswatini, then along the escarpm ...

'' (Trimen, 1887) *'' Lepidochrysops titei'' Dickson, 1976 *'' Lepidochrysops trimeni'' (Bethune-Baker, 1923) *'' Lepidochrysops turlini'' Stempffer, 1971 *'' Lepidochrysops vansoni'' (Swanepoel, 1949) *'' Lepidochrysops variabilis'' Cottrell, 1965 *'' Lepidochrysops vera'' Tite, 1961 *'' Lepidochrysops victori'' Pringle, 1984 *'' Lepidochrysops victoriae'' (Karsch, 1895) *'' Lepidochrysops violetta'' (Pinhey, 1945) *'' Lepidochrysops wykehami'' Tite, 1964 *'' Lepidochrysops yvonnae'' Gardiner, 2004

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 72Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1761337 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Lycaenidae genera