Trimenia macmasteri (McMaster's silver-spotted copper) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is found from Beaufort West to the Roggeveld escarpment in the Western Cape.
| McMaster's silver-spotted copper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Trimenia |
| Species: | T. macmasteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson, 1968)[1]
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The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 27–39 mm females. Adults are on wing from September to January, with a peak from October to December. There is one generation per year.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Trimenia macmasteri macmasteri (Western Cape from Great Karoo along the coastal hills to the Eastern Cape)
- Trimenia macmasteri mijburghi Dickson, 1980 (Namaqualand and Bushmanland in the Northern Cape and further north)
References
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- ^ Trimenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.