Aloeides
Aloeides, commonly called coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Most can be found in South Africa (49 species), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya (8 species).[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Aphnaeinae |
Genus: | Aloeides Hübner, [1819][1] |
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.[1][2][3]
- The "thyra" species group:
- Aloeides apicalis Tite & Dickson, 1968 – pointed copper
- Aloeides arida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – arid copper
- Aloeides bamptoni Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's copper
- Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's copper
- Aloeides caledoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon copper
- Aloeides clarki Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega copper
- Aloeides dentatis (Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort copper
- Aloeides depicta Tite & Dickson, 1968 – depicta copper
- Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal copper
- Aloeides egerides Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill copper
- Aloeides gowani Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's copper
- Aloeides juana Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana copper
- Aloeides kaplani Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's copper
- Aloeides lutescens Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester copper
- Aloeides margaretae Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's copper
- Aloeides nollothi Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's copper
- Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas copper
- Aloeides pallida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – giant copper
- Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's copper
- Aloeides pringlei Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's copper
- Aloeides quickelbergei Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's copper
- Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's copper
- Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893) – dune copper
- Aloeides thyra (Linnaeus, 1764) – red copper
- Aloeides vansoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's copper
- unnamed species group A:
- Aloeides almeida (C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida copper
- Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda copper
- Aloeides barklyi (Trimen, 1874) – Barkly's copper
- Aloeides conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907) – Conrad's copper
- Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891) – Damara copper
- Aloeides griseus Riley, 1921
- Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's copper
- Aloeides macmasteri Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's copper
- Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870) – molomo copper
- Aloeides pierus (Cramer, [1779]) – dull copper
- Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Plowes' copper
- Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's copper
- Aloeides susanae Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's copper
- Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's copper
- Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) – dusky copper
- Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's copper
- unnamed species group B:
- Aloeides angolensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
- Aloeides argenteus Henning & Henning, 1994 – silvery copper
- Aloeides barbarae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's copper
- Aloeides caffrariae Henning, 1987 – border copper
- Aloeides carolynnae Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's copper
- Aloeides dicksoni Henning, 1987 – Diskson's copper
- Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983 – Maluti copper
- Aloeides mbuluensis Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu copper
- Aloeides merces Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom copper
- Aloeides monticola Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg copper
- Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996 – Mullin's copper
- Aloeides namibiensis Henning & Henning, 1994 – Namibia copper
- Aloeides nubilus Henning & Henning, 1982 – cloud copper
- Aloeides rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's copper
- Aloeides tearei Henning & Henning, 1982 – Teare's copper
- Aloeides titei Henning, 1987 – Tite's copper
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References
- Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Tite & Dickson; The Genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lycaenidae), Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 29:, pages 225-280 (1973)
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Aloeides |
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aloeides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
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