Lepidochrysops methymna dicksoni Tite, 1964
Dickson's dark opal, Dickson's monkey blue, Tygerberg monkey blue
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: c.1962
Distribution
Tygerberg Hills, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Type locality: "Cape Province: Tygerberg Hills"
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Tite. (1964). The Lepidochrysops ortygia Complex. Entomologist 97: 1-7.
Other references:
Henning, Graham. (2014). Lepidoptera Conservation in South Africa–Part 1. Babbel Blues 2(Spring): 17-24.
Henning, G. A., Terblanche, R. F. and Ball, J. B. (eds.). (2009). South African Red Data Book: butterflies. SANBI Biodiversity Series 13. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. 158 pp.