''Orachrysops subravus'', the grizzled blue, is a
butterfly of the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
South Africa, where it is known from montane grassland from the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
to the southern
Drakensberg foothills and the
KwaZulu-Natal midlands.
The
wingspan is 30–36 mm for males and 22–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to January, although the except time depends on the spring rains. Adults are on wing later in the southern part of the range. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on ''
Indigofera''
''woodii'' var. ''woodii''.
References
Butterflies described in 1994
Orachrysops
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