Southern Purple

Aslauga australis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Aslauga australis, the southern purple, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from only twenty locations consisting of savannah and coastal forest in the East Cape. It has also been recorded from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

DescriptionAslauga australis, Wikipedia contributors

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