Trimenia macmasteri

Trimenia macmasteri (McMaster's silver-spotted copper) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from Beaufort West to the Roggeveld escarpment in the Western Cape.

McMaster's silver-spotted copper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Trimenia
Species:
T. macmasteri
Binomial name
Trimenia macmasteri
(Dickson, 1968)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phasis macmasteri Dickson, 1968

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 27–39 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to January, with a peak from October to December. There is one generation per year.[2]

Subspecies
  • Trimenia macmasteri macmasteri (Western Cape from Great Karoo along the coastal hills to the Eastern Cape)
  • Trimenia macmasteri mijburghi Dickson, 1980 (Namaqualand and Bushmanland in the Northern Cape and further north)

References
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  1. Trimenia 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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