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Lepidochrysops Hedicke 1923 replacement name

Neochrysops Bethune-Baker 1923 unavailable junior homonym of Neochrysops Szilady 1922, The Giant Cupids

Andrew V. Z. Brower
Containing group: Polyommatini

Introduction

An extremely diverse African genus. Most of the species are endemic to the Cape region of South Africa. Larvae feed on Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae in early instars, and then are taken into ant nests, where they are tended by the ants, consuming ant larvae and pupae, until they pupate (Larsen 2005).

Other Names for Lepidochrysops Hedicke 1923 replacement name

References

Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.

Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.

Libert, M. 2001 Euchrysops Butler et Lepidochrysops Hedicke: deux genres distincts? description de quatre nouvelles especes et de deux nouvelles sous-especes (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 101, 351-371.

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