''Orachrysops brinkmani'', the Brinkman's blue, is a
butterfly of the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
South Africa, where it is known from
fynbos
Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim ...
in the
Western Cape.
The
wingspan is 24–38 mm for males and 28–39 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November.
The larvae probably feed on ''
Indigofera declinata
''Indigofera'' is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Description
Species of ''Indigofera'' are mos ...
''.
This butterfly was first discovered by Tony Brinkman, lately the custodian of the
Classics Faculty and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the
University of Cambridge.
References
Butterflies described in 1997
Orachrysops
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