Pennington's Copper

Aloeides penningtoni

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Aloeides penningtoni, the Pennington's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the northern Eastern Cape and the Drakensberg foothills to the KwaZulu-Natal midlands and the Ngoye and Enseleni forests. The wingspan is 26–31 mm for males and 28–34 mm females.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Pennington's Copper

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