''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
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
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The
wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 25–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from spring to autumn.
[Woodhall, S. ''Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa'', Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.]
References
Aslauga
Butterflies described in 1981
Endemic butterflies of South Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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