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Coppers
Aloeides
Aloeides, commonly called coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. Most can be found in South Africa (49 species), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya (8 species).
57 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Veined Russet
speciesAloeides pierus
Red Copper
speciesAloeides thyra
Apricot Russet
speciesAloeides aranda
Damara copper
speciesAloeides damarensis
Dusky Russet
speciesAloeides taikosama
Plain Russet
speciesAloeides almeida
Giant Copper
speciesAloeides pallida
Henning's copper
speciesAloeides henningi
Aloeides trimeni
speciesAloeides trimeni
Swanepoel's copper
speciesAloeides swanepoeli
Aloeides molomo
speciesAloeides molomo
Depicta Copper
speciesAloeides depicta
Natal Russet
speciesAloeides penningtoni
Quickelberge's copper
speciesAloeides quickelbergei
Aloeides arida
speciesAloeides arida
Barkly's copper
speciesAloeides barklyi
Aloeides caffrariae
speciesAloeides caffrariae
Transvaal copper
speciesAloeides dryas
Roodepoort copper
speciesAloeides dentatis
Tite's copper
speciesAloeides titei
Juana copper
speciesAloeides juana
Van Son's copper
speciesAloeides vansoni
Margaret's copper
speciesAloeides margaretae
Pointed Russet
speciesAloeides apicalis
Susan's copper
speciesAloeides susanae
Aloeides clarki
speciesAloeides clarki
Breede River Russet
speciesAloeides lutescens
Riley's Copper
speciesAloeides rileyi
Maluti Copper
speciesAloeides maluti
Dickson's copper
speciesAloeides dicksoni
McMaster's copper
speciesAloeides macmasteri
Aloeides rossouwi
speciesAloeides rossouwi
Bampton's copper
speciesAloeides bamptoni
Aloeides nollothi
speciesAloeides nollothi
Karoo Russet
speciesAloeides gowani
Aloeides simplex
speciesAloeides simplex
Aloeides egerides
speciesAloeides egerides
oreas copper
speciesAloeides oreas
Aloeides nubilus
speciesAloeides nubilus
Aloeides monticola
speciesAloeides monticola
Aloeides barbarae
speciesAloeides barbarae
Aloeides stevensoni
speciesAloeides stevensoni
Aloeides conradsi
speciesAloeides conradsi
Aloeides carolynnae
speciesAloeides carolynnae
Aloeides namibiensis
speciesAloeides namibiensis
Aloeides kaplani
speciesAloeides kaplani
Aloeides merces
speciesAloeides merces
Aloeides argenteus
speciesAloeides argenteus
Aloeides braueri
speciesAloeides braueri
Aloeides mbuluensis
speciesAloeides mbuluensis
Aloeides tearei
speciesAloeides tearei
Aloeides angolensis
speciesAloeides angolensis
Aloeides griseus
speciesAloeides griseus
Caledon Copper
speciesAloeides caledoni
Aloeides pringlei
speciesAloeides pringlei
Aloeides plowesi
speciesAloeides plowesi
Aloeides mullini
speciesAloeides mullini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Aloeides in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 86354.