Axiocerses tjoane

Axiocerses tjoane, the eastern scarlet, common scarlet or scarlet butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and eastern Africa.

Eastern scarlet
male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species:
A. tjoane
Binomial name
Axiocerses tjoane
Synonyms
  • Chrysorychia tjoane Wallengren, 1857

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 25–34 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Acacia (including A. abyssinica, A. polyacantha subsp. campylacantha and A. sieberiana var. woodii), Peltophorum africanum and Brachystegia species.

Subspecies
  • Axiocerses tjoane tjoane
Range: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, central and eastern Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces
  • Axiocerses tjoane rubescens Henning & Henning, 1996
Range: south-eastern DRC to north-western Zambia
  • upper side of male
  • wing undersides
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  • Axiocerses tjoane tjoane at Flora of Zimbabwe
  • Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

References
  1. Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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