Tylopaedia
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphnaeinae |
| Genus: | Tylopaedia Tite & Dickson, 1973 |
| Species: | T. sardonyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylopaedia sardonyx (Trimen, 1868) | |
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Description
Habitat and behavior
The larvae feed on Aspalathus spinosa, Phylica olaefolia, and Euclea undulata.[citation needed]
Subspecies
- Tylopaedia sardonyx sardonyx (eastern Western Cape to Namaqualand and near Karuman in the Northern Cape, north into Botswana, east to the Eastern Cape and the Free State)
- Tylopaedia sardonyx peringueyi (Dickson, 1969) (Western Cape)
- Tylopaedia sardonyx cerita (Henning & Henning, 1998) (central Namibia)
