Aloeides

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Aloeides

A. pierus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Subfamily:  | Aphnaeinae
Genus:  | Aloeides
Hübner, [1819][1]

Aloeides, commonly called coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Most can be found in South Africa (49 species), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya (8 species).[2]

## Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.[1][2][3]

* The "thyra" species group:
* Aloeides apicalis Tite & Dickson, 1968 – pointed copper
* Aloeides arida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – arid copper
* Aloeides bamptoni Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's copper
* Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's copper
* Aloeides caledoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon copper
* Aloeides clarki Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega copper
* Aloeides dentatis (Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort copper
* Aloeides depicta Tite & Dickson, 1968 – depicta copper
* Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal copper
* Aloeides egerides Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill copper
* Aloeides gowani Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's copper
* Aloeides juana Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana copper
* Aloeides kaplani Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's copper
* Aloeides lutescens Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester copper
* Aloeides margaretae Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's copper
* Aloeides nollothi Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's copper
* Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas copper
* Aloeides pallida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – giant copper
* Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's copper
* Aloeides pringlei Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's copper
* Aloeides quickelbergei Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's copper
* Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's copper
* Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893) – dune copper
* Aloeides thyra (Linnaeus, 1764) – red copper
* Aloeides vansoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's copper
* unnamed species group A:
* Aloeides almeida (C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida copper
* Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda copper
* Aloeides barklyi (Trimen, 1874) – Barkly's copper
* Aloeides conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907) – Conrad's copper
* Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891) – Damara copper
* Aloeides griseus Riley, 1921
* Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's copper
* Aloeides macmasteri Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's copper
* Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870) – molomo copper
* Aloeides pierus (Cramer, [1779]) – dull copper
* Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Plowes' copper
* Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's copper
* Aloeides susanae Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's copper
* Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's copper
* Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) – dusky copper
* Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's copper
* unnamed species group B:
* Aloeides angolensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
* Aloeides argenteus Henning & Henning, 1994 – silvery copper
* Aloeides barbarae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's copper
* Aloeides caffrariae Henning, 1987 – border copper
* Aloeides carolynnae Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's copper
* Aloeides dicksoni Henning, 1987 – Diskson's copper
* Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983 – Maluti copper
* Aloeides mbuluensis Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu copper
* Aloeides merces Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom copper
* Aloeides monticola Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg copper
* Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996 – Mullin's copper
* Aloeides namibiensis Henning & Henning, 1994 – Namibia copper
* Aloeides nubilus Henning & Henning, 1982 – cloud copper
* Aloeides rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's copper
* Aloeides tearei Henning & Henning, 1982 – Teare's copper
* Aloeides titei Henning, 1987 – Tite's copper

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
3. ↑ Tite & Dickson; The Genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lycaenidae), Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 29:, pages 225-280 (1973)

## External links

* Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Aloeides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=194833.

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