Tylopaedia sardonyx

Tylopaedia sardonyx

King Copper

(Trimen, 1868) Catalogue of Life

IUCN status
Least Concern (LC) IUCN
GBIF observations
337 GBIF
iNaturalist observations
59 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
5 specimens
Description

Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.

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Status

COL status
accepted
Name status
acceptable
Nomenclatural code
zoological
Legacy synonyms
tylopedia sardonyx
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid

Larval host plants GloBI

Observed associations from aggregated sources — unranked.