Leptomyrina gorgias

Leptomyrina gorgias, the common black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa.

Leptomyrina gorgias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Leptomyrina
Species:
L. gorgias
Binomial name
Leptomyrina gorgias
(Stoll, [1790])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio gorgias Stoll, [1790]
  • Gonamyrina gorgias
  • Leptomyrina lara cana Talbot, 1935
  • Leptomyrina lara sobrina Talbot, 1935

The wingspan is 18.5–29 mm for males and 25–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing, year round, with peaks in November and March.[2]

The larvae feed on Kalanchoe, Crassula and Cotyledon species.

Subspecies
  • Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias (East Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, southern Mozambique)
  • Leptomyrina gorgias sobrina Talbot, 1935 (Somalia, eastern Kenya, Tanzania, northern Mozambique, Zambia)
  • Leptomyrina gorgias cana Talbot, 1935 (western Kenya, Uganda)
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References
  1. Leptomyrina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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