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Erikssonia edgei Gardiner & Terblanche, 2010

Waterberg copper, Edge's acraea copper, tilodi copper

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered on 2 March 2013

 

Distribution

South Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Gardiner, A. J. and Terblanche, R. F. (2010). Taxonomy, Biology, Biogeography, Evolution and Conservation of the Genus Erikssonia Trimen (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). African Entomology 18(1): 171-191. doi:10.4001/003.018.0114

 

Other references:

Van Niekerk, Louise. (2016). Pursuing bright elusive butterflies. Plus 50 11(2): 14-15. [Abstract]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/03/14/google-earth-rediscovery-lost-butterfly/

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-south-africa-butterflies-20130717-dto,0,6267191.htmlstory

http://xerces.org/butterflysg/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015.03.31-Annual-report-COREL-programme-2014-2015.pdf

http://brentonbluetrust.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013.03.31-Annual-report-COREL-programme.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erikssonia_edgei

 

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