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Bush Bronze
Cacyreus lingeus
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.
From the article Cacyreus lingeus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 22–27 mm for males and 22–28 mm for females. The larvae are pale green.
Range & habitat
It is a common species in much of sub-Saharan Africa, though mostly at lower altitudes.
Wikipedia: “Range”
At the table
The larvae may feed on the flowers, the leaves or inside the stems of their foodplants. Various Lamiaceae species are utilized, including Plectranthus, Salvia, Calamintha, Lavandula, Mentha and Hemizygia species.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Foodplants”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209696.