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词条 Lepidochrysops procera
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{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Potchefstroom blue
| image = Lepidochrysops procera, J Dobson, a.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption =
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Lycaenidae
| genus = Lepidochrysops
| species = L. procera
| binomial = Lepidochrysops procera
| binomial_authority = (Trimen, 1893)[1]
| synonyms =
  • Lycaena procera Trimen, 1893
  • Catochrysops procera
  • Cupido procerus
  • Catochrysops procerus
  • Neochrysops procera

}}

Lepidochrysops procera, the Potchefstroom blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from KwaZulu-Natal midlands to Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo Province and North West.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm for males and 29–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to November. There is one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Becium grandiflorum, Ocimum canum and Lippia scaberrima.

References

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1. ^Lepidochrysops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}
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3 : Butterflies described in 1893|Lepidochrysops|Endemic butterflies of South Africa

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