Axiocerses amanga
| Bush scarlet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Aphnaeini |
| Genus: | Axiocerses |
| Species: | A. amanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)[1] | |
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Axiocerses amanga, the bush scarlet, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The wingspan is 24–28 mm for males and 25–30 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round in South Africa.
The larvae feed on Acacia species, Ximenia americana and X. caffra. They are associated with the ant species Camponotus niveosetosus.
Subspecies
- Axiocerses amanga amanga
- Range: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, south-eastern DRC, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa, where it is present in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
- Axiocerses amanga borealis Aurivillius, 1905
- Range: Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon
- Axiocerses amanga baumi Weymer, 1901
References
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- ↑ Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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