Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphnaeinae |
| Genus: | Tylopaedia Tite & Dickson, 1973 |
| Species: | T. sardonyx
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| Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868)
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The wingspan is 32–40 mm for males and 35–50 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to December and from January to April in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Aspalathus spinosa, Phylica olaefolia, and Euclea undulata.
Subspecies edit
- Tylopaedia sardonyx sardonyx (eastern Western Cape to Namaqualand and near Karuman in the Northern Cape, north into Botswana, east to the Eastern Cape and the Free State)
- Tylopaedia sardonyx peringueyi (Dickson, 1969) (Western Cape)
- Tylopaedia sardonyx cerita Henning & Henning, 1998 (central Namibia)
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Tylopaedia sardonyx.
- ^ "Tylopaedia Tite & Dickson, 1973" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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