Cacyreus lingeus

Cacyreus lingeus

Bush Bronze

(Stoll, 1782) Catalogue of Life

IUCN status
Least Concern (LC) IUCN
GBIF observations
3,479 GBIF
iNaturalist observations
1,440 iNaturalist
Taxonomic rank
Species
12 specimens
Description

Cacyreus lingeus, the common bush blue or bush bronze, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. As with other Cacyreus species it is endemic to the Afrotropics.

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Status

COL status
accepted
Name status
acceptable
Nomenclatural code
zoological

Specimens in the collection

Legacy synonyms
cacyreus lingeus
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid

Larval host plants NHM HOSTS

  • Calamintha sp. Lamiaceae · Clinopodium
  • Coleus forskohlii Labiatae
  • Geranium sp. Geraniaceae · Geranium
  • Lavandula sp. Lamiaceae · Lavandula
  • Plectranthus lactiflorus Lamiaceae · Coleus
  • Salvia sp. Lamiaceae · Salvia
  • Satureja sp. Lamiaceae · Satureja
  • Calamintha elgonensis Lamiaceae · Clinopodium
  • Calamintha simensis Lamiaceae · Clinopodium
  • Mentha sp. Lamiaceae · Mentha
  • Platostoma sp. Lamiaceae · Platostoma
  • Plectranthus sp. Lamiaceae · Plectranthus

+3 more recorded host plant(s)

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