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

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

Description and habits

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 (all legumes).

Subspecies

  • Axiocerses tjoane tjoane
Range: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, central and eastern Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini 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

References

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  1. ↑ Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Axiocerses tjoane". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162640004A162640009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T162640004A162640009.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Axiocerses at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • 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.


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