Tylopaedia

King copper
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Tylopaedia
Tite & Dickson, 1973
Species:
T. sardonyx
Binomial name
Tylopaedia sardonyx
(Trimen, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Zeritis sardonyx Trimen, 1868
  • Phasis sardonyx f. knobeli van Son, 1959
  • Phasis sardonyx peringueyi Dickson, 1969
  • Phasis sardonyx ab. peringueyi Aurivillius, 1924

Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.

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