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Aloeides mullini

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Species of butterfly

Mullin's copper
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: A. mullini
Binomial name
Aloeides mullini
Henning & Henning, 1996

Aloeides mullini, the Mullin's copper, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of montane grassland.

Both sexes feed from flowers. They have been recorded from late August to late September.

References

  1. Larsen, T.B. (2011). "Aloeides mullini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T159944A5344838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T159944A5344838.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Aloeides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 4)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
Taxon identifiers
Aloeides mullini


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