Lepidochrysops lotana

Lepidochrysops lotana
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. lotana
Binomial name
	Lepidochrysops lotana; Swanepoel, 1962

Lepidochrysops lotana, the Lotana blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only known from two localities in the Limpopo province, the western slope of the Ysterberg and from Moria to Serala Forest in the Wolkberg area.

The wingspan is 42–44 mm for males and 42–46 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to early November. There is one generation per year.[2]

The larvae probably feed on Becium grandiflorum.

References

Williams, M.C. (2020). "Lepidochrysops lotana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11539A168311186. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[iucn-1] Williams, M.C. (2020). "Lepidochrysops lotana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11539A168311186. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

[2] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.