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Tite's copper
Aloeides titei
Aloeides titei, the Tite's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the northern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills to the hills of southern Mpumalanga.
The wingspan is 25–30 millimetres (0.98–1.18 in) for males and 26–33 millimetres (1.0–1.3 in) for females. Adults are on wing from November to February. There is one generation per year.
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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 648869.