Aloeides

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]

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

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. Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. 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.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aloeides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.