Aslauga australis

Short description: Species of butterfly

Aslauga australis

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Aslauga
Species:  |

A. australis

Binomial name
Aslauga australis

Cottrell, 1981

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.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm for males and 25–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from spring to autumn.[2]

## References

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1. ↑ Dobson, J.C.H.; Dobson, C.M. (2020). "Aslauga australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T2171A168304551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2171A168304551.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2171/168304551. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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