| Aloeides henningi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aloeides |
| Species: | A. henningi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973[1] |
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Henning’s Copper (Aloeides henningi) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from the northern East Cape to Lesotho, western KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern part of the Orange Free State, Mpumalanga, the Limpopo Province and Gauteng.
The wingspan is 23-26 mm for males and 24-26 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to November in one generation in cooler areas. In warm areas there is a second generation with adults on wing from January to February [2].
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