Aloeides pringlei

Short description: Species of butterfly

Pringle's copper

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

A. pringlei

Binomial name
Aloeides pringlei

Tite & Dickson, 1976

Aloeides pringlei, the Pringle's copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa , where it is only found in a few localities in grassland of the Eastern Cape near the Great Winterberg.

The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and 32–36 mm females. Adults are on wing from November to December. There is one generation per year.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Henning, G.A. (2021). "Aloeides pringlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T891A161281477. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/891/161281477. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ↑ 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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