''Phasis braueri'', the Brauer's arrowhead, is a
butterfly of the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
South Africa, where it is known from the
Western Cape to
Queenstown in the
Eastern Cape
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The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
.
The
wingspan is 32–42 mm for males and 36–45 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to January, with a peak in November.
The larvae feed on ''
Rhus longispina'' and ''
Melianthus
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'' species. They are associated with ants of the genus ''
Crematogaster''.
References
Butterflies described in 1968
Phasis (butterfly)
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