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Orachrysops violescens

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2021
Entity authorityQ7099230 ↗
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Orachrysops violescens, the violescent blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from Mpumalanga to the Limpopo province and in the southern part of the Kruger National Park.

The wingspan is 23–36 mm for males and 36–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December, although the exact time depends on the spring rains. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Indigofera species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Orachrysops violescens” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.