''Trimenia'' is a
genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae which is
endemic to the dryer, western parts of southern
Africa. Their orange wings are bounded by dusky brown borders and fringed by chequered termens. The wing undersides are spangled with silvery or shiny markings. They fly in summer but stay close to their colonies, the numbers of which may fluctuate significantly depending on the conditions of the particular season. They may be found along the rocky ledges of hills or escarpments, in dry river beds, wetlands, fynbos, including coastal dune fynbos, succulent or
Nama Karoo, or the gravelly or sandy flats found in
Namaqualand and
Bushmanland
Bushmanland (Boesmanland in Afrikaans) may refer to:
* Bushmanland (South West Africa), a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia)
* Bushmanland, Northern Cape
Bushmanland is an arid area south of the Orange River and west of Kenhar ...
.
Species
*''
Trimenia argyroplaga''
(Dickson, 1967) — Large silver-spotted copper, widespread in southern Karoo
*''
Trimenia macmasteri''
(Dickson, 1968) — McMaster's silver-spotted copper, throughout western Karoo
*''
Trimenia malagrida''
(Wallengren, 1857) — Scarce mountain copper, localized in Western Cape
*''
Trimenia wallengrenii''
(Trimen, 1887) — Wallengren's silver-spotted copper, very localized in Western Cape
*''
Trimenia wykehami''
(Dickson, 1969) — Wykeham's silver-spotted copper, native to the Roggeveld-Nuweveld escarpments
References
External links
Trimenia at funet
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Lycaenidae genera
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